Academic
A 1966 survey of Catholic college and university libraries in institutions with at least 1,000 full-time students (sample size: 70; responding: 56 or 80%) showed thatthe median ratio of professionals to nonprofessionals was 5:19. (Similar libraries in the population at least had a median ratio of 5:6.5.) (Source)
A 1967 survey of medical school libraries concerning reference services (survey size: 93 libraries; responding: 85 or 91.4%) showed thatthe average staffing per library was as follows:
professional 5.2 FTE
nonprofessional 9.1 FTE
reference, professional 1.7 FTE
reference, nonprofessional 0.8 FTE (Source)
A study of 1977 survey information gathered by the National Center for Educational Statistics (U.S. Office of Education) concerning the degree to which 1,146 college and university libraries (Liberal Arts Colleges I and II; Comprehensive Universities and Colleges I and II) met the 1975 Standards for College Libraries (ACRL) showed thatover half of the libraries had insufficient nonprofessional staff support and fell below the standard in terms of the ratio of professional staff to nonprofessional staff. Standards specify that no more than 25% (ratio of 1 to 3) to 35% (ratio of 1 to 1.9) of the staff should be professional, while the average ratio of professionals to nonprofessionals was 1 to 1.1 and the median was 1 to 1.0. (Source)
A study reported in 1981 of data on 1,146 2-year colleges, as reported in the 1977 Higher Education General Information Surveys and compared to the 1979 Association of College and Research Libraries standards, showed thatthe ratio of professional to support staff averaged 1 professional to 1.30 nonprofessional overall, with a ratio among the 214 private schools of 1 to .64 and among the 897 public schools of 1 to 1.46. (Source)
A study reported in 1983 of 3 surveys made by the American Medical Association’s Division of Library and Archival Services in 1969, 1973, and 1979 concerning the status of health sciences libraries in the U.S. (survey size for each survey ran between 12,000-14,000 health-related organizations, with a response rate for each survey around 95%) showed thatin 1979 “some 51%” of hospital library personnel were professional library staff; 39% were library technicians/library assistants; and 10% were other library staff. Further, 7% of the professional staff earned $7,000-9,999 per year; 49.5% of the professional staff earned $10,000-14,999 per year; and 43.4% of the professional staff earned $15,000-19,999 per year. (Source)
Special
A 1967 survey of medical school libraries concerning reference services (survey size: 93 libraries; responding: 85 or 91.4%) showed thatthe average staffing per library was as follows:
professional 5.2 FTE
nonprofessional 9.1 FTE
reference, professional 1.7 FTE
reference, nonprofessional 0.8 FTE (Source)
A study reported in 1983 of 3 surveys made by the American Medical Association’s Division of Library and Archival Services in 1969, 1973, and 1979 concerning the status of health sciences libraries in the U.S. (survey size for each survey ran between 12,000-14,000 health-related organizations, with a response rate for each survey around 95%) showed thatin 1979 “some 51%” of hospital library personnel were professional library staff; 39% were library technicians/library assistants; and 10% were other library staff. Further, 7% of the professional staff earned $7,000-9,999 per year; 49.5% of the professional staff earned $10,000-14,999 per year; and 43.4% of the professional staff earned $15,000-19,999 per year. (Source)
