Survey Shows Nearly 100% Employment Rate
for Palmer School Graduates
The Palmer School of Library and Information Science at Long Island University
recently conducted a survey on salary and job placements for its 1996 master's
degree graduates.
The findings revealed that the average starting salary for the 1996 graduates
who earned degrees in library science is $32,665, and ranges from $23,000
to $50,000 per year.
Graduates landed jobs in the following sectors:
- Public Libraries -- 42.5%
- School Media Centers -- 19.2%
- Academic Libraries -- 12.8%
- Special Libraries -- 14.9%
- Other (information industry) -- 10.6 %
Forty out of the 44 graduates are based in New York (90%), with one each
of the remaining four in the following states: Connecticut, Massachusetts,
New Jersey and Texas.
All graduates found permanent, professional library positions, with the
exception of two who are employed in another field and one who is not employed
but is currently seeking a position. Of those employed in professional positions,
employment prior to or immediately after graduation, with the remaining
38% employed within an average of 3.7 months.
The Palmer School offers an innovative M.S. program that integrates information
and library science and is accredited by the American Library Association.
This master's degree in library and information science is available at
Long Island University's C.W. Post Campus in Brookville, New York, and in
Manhattan at New York University's Bobst Library. The School also offers
a B.S. in Information Transfer, a Ph.D. in Information Studies and certificate
programs in archives and records management. Selected master's degree and
certificate courses are offered at Long Island University's Westchester
campus.
For more information call (516) 299-2866 or (212) 998-2680, e-mail Palmer@titan.liunet.edu
or visit http://www.cwpost.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/palmer/main.html.
For more information call the C.W. Post Public
Relations Office at (516) 299-2333 or e-mail cwpostpr@aurora.liunet.edu | 
