If the economy is rebounding, the library world has yet to feel it. The budget constraints of the last several years are now showing up in salary growth that lags behind inflation and in job searches that seem endless and are three times as long, on average, as last year. But first, the good news: in another year of increasingly high unemployment (6%) nationwide, LJ's annual Placements & Salaries Survey indicates that graduates of American Library Association (ALA)—accredited library and information science (LIS) programs continue to make modest strides in professional positions. The areas of reference and information services and school library media dominate while offices in administration and management show healthy growth.
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