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Salary Surveys

According to the 2005 SLA Salary Survey, the mean salary for a Canadian special librarian is $63,053. A summary table with more information is available on the SLA website at: http://www.sla.org/content/resources/research/salarysurveys/salsur2005/index.cfm.

The Western Canada Chapter has the complete electronic version of the 2004 survey, donated by Keith Low, Past President of SLA WCC. Chapter members can request excerpts by email, contact Christina Zeller, SLA WCC President. Information is available broken down by primary responsibility, years of experience, institution, and more.

Library Software

Hugh Morrison compiled a list of software for smaller libraries. Look for an update in 2004 to include more details on the components of the different applications.

Chapter Collection

Western Canada Chapter has some resources available to Chapter Members. Contact the BC Government IT Library at: cybrary@gems2.gov.bc.ca and/or search the IT Library catalogue for other library related materials and request those. The website is: http://it-library.gov.bc.ca.

We have listed below a selection of their materials on scenario planning, strategic planning, space planning, etc. for libraries.

Contact your local director or Karol Sinats, Karol Sinats, Knowledge Manager, Corporate IT & Management Library, Ministry of Management Services, if you wish to donate materials to the SLA WCC collection.

Blur : the speed of change in the connected economy

Author: Davis, Stanley M.; Meyer, Christopher
Year: 1998
Call number: 658.4038/D264B/1998/SLA
Identification code: beiw
Subject: Information technology--Economic aspects.

Giving users what they really want - what they really need : Special Libraries Association teleconference, October 16, 1997

Author: Special Libraries Association.
Year: 1997
Call number: 025.527/G539/1997/VID
Identification code: beix
Subject: Special libraries--Reference services
2 videocassettes (93 min.).

Knowledge management [sound recording] : a practitioner's perspective

Author: Special Libraries Association.
Year: 1998
Call number: 658.403/S741/1998/CAS
Identification code: beka
Subject: Knowledge management
1 sound cassette

Special Libraries Association 88th annual conference 1997 opening general session [address by] Bill Gates, CEO, Microsoft

Author: Special Libraries Association.; Gates, Bill.
Year: 1997
Call number: 027/S741G/1997/VID
Identification code: beju
Subject: Information technology.
1 videocassette (63 min.).

Special Libraries Association 89th annual conference general session keynote address [by] Stanley Davis

Author: Special Libraries Association.; Davis, Stanley M.
Year: 1998
Call number: 027/S741/1998/VID
Identification code: beiy
Subject: Information economy
1 videocassette (52 min.).

Special Libraries Association 88th annual conference 1997 special presentation - a practitioner's perspective : "The Fault Dear Brutus"

Author: Special Libraries Association.; Prime, Eugenie
Year: 1997
Call number: 027/S741P/1997/VID
Identification code: bejy
Subject: Special librarians.
1 videocassette (54 min.).

BC Government IT Library

Date: 12/06/1999

List includes books, journals, audiocassettes and videocassettes

Books

    Accessible Canadian library: a planning workbook for a barrier-free environment

    Author: Scott, Wendy; National Library of Canada.
    Year: 1986
    Call number: 027.663/S431/1986
    Identification code: apbv
    Subject: Libraries and the physically handicapped
    Identification code: ampy

    Assertive librarian

    Author: Caputo, Janette S.
    Year: 1984
    Call number: 023.9/C255/1984
    Identification code: aqhj
    Subject: Librarians--Psychology

    Collection development for libraries

    Author: Gorman, G.E.; Howes, B.R.
    Year: 1989
    Call number: 025.2/G671/1989
    Identification code: ajhu
    Subject: Collection development (Libraries)

    Conducting a preliminary benchmarking analysis : a librarian's guide

    Author: Muir, Holly J.
    Year: 1993
    Call number: 025.007/23/M953/1993
    Identification code: bajm
    Subject: Benchmarking (management)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

    The copyright primer for librarians and educators

    Author: Bruwelheide, Janis; American Library Association.
    Year: 1995
    Call number: 346.730482/B913/1995
    Identification code: axeo
    Subject: Fair use (copyright)--United States

    Corporate library excellence

    Author: Matarazzo, James M.
    Year: 1990
    Call number: 026/M425/1990
    Identification code: ambf
    Subject: Corporate libraries.

    Creative planning of special library facilities

    Author: Mount, Ellis.
    Year: 1989
    Call number: 022.3/C912/1988
    Identification code: amll
    Subject: Library planning.

    Data model resource book : a library of logical data models and data warehouse designs

    Author: Silverston, Len; Inmon, William H.; Graziano, Kent
    Year: 1997
    Call number: 005.74/S587/1997
    Identification code: bbnw
    Subject: Database design

    Descriptive statistical techniques for librarians

    Author: Hafner, Arthur W.
    Year: 1998
    Call number: 025.007/H139/1998
    Identification code: bbgu
    Subject: Library statistics

    Designing and space planning for libraries: a behavioral guide

    Author: Cohen, Aaron.; Cohen, Elaine.
    Year: 1979
    Call number: 022.3/C678/1979
    Identification code: aawa
    Subject: Library planning. Identification code: been

    Evolving virtual library: visions and case studies

    Author: Saunders, Laverna M. (ED.)
    Year: 1996
    Call number: 025.002/85 S257/1996
    Identification code: awjo
    Subject: Libraries--United States--Automation÷Congresses

    Exploring outsourcing : case studies of corporate libraries

    Author: Portugal, Frank; Special Libraries Association.
    Year: 1997
    Call number: 027.69/P853/1997
    Identification code: bbeb
    Subject: Corporate libraries.

    Extending the librarian's domain: a survey of emerging occupation opportunities for librarians and information professionals

    Author: Horton, Forest W.; Special Libraries Association.
    Year: 1994
    Call number: 020.2373/H823/1994
    Identification code: avsm
    Subject: Library science--Vocational guidance--United States

    Fee-based services: issues & answers: conference on fee based research in college and university libraries (2nd : 1987 : University of Michigan)

    Author: Beaubien, Anne K.; Michigan Information Transfer Source.
    Year: 1987
    Call number: 025.523/F295/1987
    Identification code: aocb
    Subject: Library fines and fees.

    Future libraries : dreams, madness and reality

    Author: Crawford, Walt; Gorman, Michael.
    Year: 1995
    Call number: 025.00285/C899F/1995
    Identification code: bbgw
    Subject: Libraries--Automation.

    Gateways to knowledge : the role of academic libraries in teaching, learning,and research

    Author: Dowler, Lawrence
    Year: 1997
    Call number: 027.7/D747/1997
    Identification code: bauk
    Subject: Academic libraries--AIMS and objectives--United States

    Improving communication in the library

    Author: Conroy, Barbara.; Jones, Barbara S.
    Year: 1986
    Call number: 025.1/C754/1986
    Identification code: afhg
    Subject: Communication In Library Administration.

    Information 2000: library and information services for the 21st century: final report : White House conference on library and information services (1991 : Washington, D.C.)

    Author: United States. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
    Year: 1992
    Call number: 020/I43/1992
    Identification code: arpc
    Subject: Libraries--United States

    Information professional: an unparalleled resource: papers contributed for the 81st annual conference of the Special Libraries Association, June 9-14, 1990, Pittsburgh, Pa

    Author: Special Libraries Association.
    Year: 1990
    Call number: 020.92/I43/1990
    Identification code: akjv
    Subject: Information scientists.

    Information services: gateway to competitive advantage: professional papers from the Special Libraries Association conference (83rd : 1992 : San Francisco, Calif.)

    Author: Special Libraries Association.
    Year: 1992
    Call number: 025.52/I43/1992
    Identification code: aqsl
    Subject: Reference services (Libraries)

    Information technologies and space planning for libraries and information centers

    Author: Boss, Richard W.
    Year: 1987
    Call number: 022.9/B745/1987
    Identification code: ahuy
    Subject: Libraries--Automation.

    Internet research tools : a training workbook for library staff

    Author: Bradshaw, Jacqueline; Witney, Maureen; Open Learning Agency. Electronic Library Network
    Year: 1995
    Call number: 025.04/B812I/1995
    Identification code: awxf
    Subject: Internet (computer network)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

    Internet tools of the profession : a guide for special librarians

    Author: Tillman, Hope
    Year: 1995
    Call number: 025.04/I61/1995
    Identification code: axsj
    Subject: Computer network resources

    Libraries and copyright : a guide to copyright law in the 1990s

    Author: Gasaway, Laura N.; Wiant, Sarah K.
    Year: 1994
    Call number: 346.730482/G946/1994
    Identification code: axsh
    Subject: Photocopying processes--Fair use (Copyright)--United States.

    Libraries and the Internet/NREN : perspectives, issues and challenges

    Author: Mcclure, Charles R.; Moen, William E.; Ryan, Joe
    Year: 1994
    Call number: 021.650973/M128/1994
    Identification code: axcm
    Subject: Internet (Computer network)

    Library personnel management

    Author: White, Herbert S.
    Year: 1985
    Call number: 023.9/W584/1985
    Identification code: afhe
    Subject: Library personnel management

    Making money: fees for library services

    Author: Warner, Alice Sizer.;.
    Year: 1989
    Call number: 025.524/W279/1989
    Identification code: ajjq
    Subject: Library finance; Reference Services (Libraries)--Fees

    Managing small library collections in business and community organizations: advice for non-librarians

    Author: Moorman, John
    Year: 1989
    Call number: 025.1/M825/1989
    Identification code: awcl
    Subject: Library science.

    Managing small special libraries, 1992: an SLA information kit

    Author: Special Libraries Association.
    Year: 1992
    Call number: 026/M266/1992
    Identification code: avqc
    Subject: Libraries, special.

    Managing the new one-person library

    Author: St Clair, Guy; Williamson, Joan
    Year: 1992
    Call number: 025.1/S136/1992
    Identification code: awbb
    Subject: Libraries, special.

    Managing the special library: strategies for success within the larger Organization

    Author: White, Herbert S.
    Year: 1984
    Call number: 026/W584/1984
    Identification code: afho
    Subject: Libraries, special--Administration.

    Networking and special libraries: an SLA information kit

    Author: Special Libraries Association.; Ladner, Sharyn J. (Ed.)
    Year: 1990
    Call number: 026/N476/1990
    Identification code: alka
    Subject: Libraries, special.

    Performance evaluation: a management basic for libraries

    Author: Lindsey, Jonathan A.
    Year: 1986
    Call number: 023.9/P438/1986
    Identification code: agto
    Subject: Library employees--Rating of.

    Planning for library services: a guide to utilizing planning methods for library management

    Author: Mcclure, Charles R.
    Year: 1982
    Call number: 025.1/P712/1982
    Identification code: abpb
    Subject: Library administration.

    Practical digital libraries : books, bytes, and bucks

    Author: Lesk, Michael
    Year: 1997
    Call number: 025.00285/L629/1997
    Identification code: bbjp
    Subject: Libraries--United States--Special Collections--Computer Files

    Scenario planning for libraries

    Author: Giesecke, Joan (ed.)
    Year: 1998
    Call number: 025.1/S289/1998
    Identification code: bejz
    Subject: Library planning--United States÷Congresses

    Space planning in the special library

    Author: Freifeld, Roberta; Masyr, Caryl; Framework For Information Inc.; Special Libraries Association.
    Year: 1991
    Call number: 022.3/F862/1991
    Identification code: aodr
    Subject: Libraries--Space utilization.

    Strategic marketing for libraries: a handbook

    Author: Wood, Elizabeth J.; Young, Victoria L.
    Year: 1988
    Call number: 021.7/W874/1988
    Identification code: ahce
    Subject: Public relations--Libraries.

    Strategic planning basics for special libraries

    Author: Asantewa, Doris; Special Libraries Association.
    Year: 1992
    Call number: 026/A811/1992
    Identification code: artg
    Subject: Libraries, special--Administration.

    Strategic planning: a how-to-do-it manual for librarians

    Author: Jacob, M.E.L.
    Year: 1990
    Call number: 025.1/J15/1990
    Identification code: amxh
    Subject: Library planning.

    The value of corporate libraries : findings from a 1995 survey of senior Management

    Author: Prusak, Laurence; Matarazzo, James M.
    Year: 1995
    Identification code: ayqm

    Thinking robots, an aware internet, and cyberpunk librarians: the 1992 LITA president's program: presentations by Hans Moravec, Bruce Sterling, and David Brin

    Author: Moravec, Hans P.; Sterling, Bruce.; Brin, David.; Miller, R. Bruce.; Wolf, Milton T.; Library And Information Technology Association (U.S.)
    Year: 1992
    Call number: 025.00285/T443/1992
    Identification code: atlq
    Subject: Libraries--Automation--Congresses.

    Virtual library : an SLA information kit

    Author: Special Libraries Association.
    Year: 1994
    Call number: 025.00285/V819L/1994
    Identification code: axsi
    Subject: Libraries--Automation.

    Virtual library: visions and realities

    Author: Saunders, Laverna M.
    Year: 1993
    Call number: 025.00285/V819/1993
    Identification code: arti
    Subject: Libraries--Automation.

Journals - top of list

    BCLA Reporter : the newsletter of the British Columbia Library Association

    Identification code: basu

    Computers in libraries: complete coverage of library information technology

    Identification code: avtg

    Corporate library update

    Identification code: avrw

    Information outlook: the monthly magazine of The Special Libraries Association

    Identification code: bbhg

    Information retrieval & library automation

    Identification code: avsc

    Library software review

    Identification code: aywl

    MLS: marketing library services

    Identification code: avyv

    National library news

    Special libraries

    Identification code: awgy

Audiocassettes - top of list

    Library statistics as performance indicators : using Technology and statistics for benchmarking library services

    Author: Dakshinamurti, Ganga
    Year: 1998
    Call number: 025.007/D187/1998 CAS
    Identification code: bcpq
    Subject: Library statistics

Videocassettes - top of list

    Future for librarians : positioning yourself for success

    Author: Special Libraries Association.
    Year: 1997
    Call number: 020.2373/F996/1997 VID
    Identification code: bbea
    Subject: Library science--Vocational guidance--United States
    1 videocassette (90 min.).

    Special Libraries Association 89th annual conference general session keynote address [by] Stanley Davis

    Author: Special Libraries Association.; Davis, Stanley M.
    Year: 1998
    Call number: 027/S741/1998/VID
    Identification code: beiy
    Subject: Information economy
    1 videocassette (52 min.).