Fact Sheet: Library Workers, Facts and Figures
Full Text: Library Workers, Facts and Figures (8 pages; PDF)
This fact sheet explores: library staff in the workforce, where library staff work, their diversity, the role of women in the profession, issues of pay and pay equity, the union difference for library staff, and the impact the recession has had on libraries and library staff.
Source: Department for Professional Employment, AFL-CIO
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.