Association of Research Libraries (ARL®)

For ARL academic librarians, demographic information such as year of birth, years of experience in a specific library, education credentials, etc., has been occassionally collected in addition to the categories covered in the ARL Annual Salary Survey.

Analysis of past demographic data has been published in the following resources:

Changing Demographics of Research Libraries: Trends and Implications, a presentation by Stanley Wilder at the 143rd ARL Membership Meeting, October 2003.

Demographic Change in Academic Librarianship, by Standley Wilder. This book revisits the retirement projections in Wilder's Age Demographics of Academic Librarians and presents an updated analysis of demographic trends that are based on newly available ARL and U.S. census data.

"Generational Change in Librarianship" - a 32-minute video by Stanley Wilder on the age-demographic shift in ARL librarians. (you will need Windows Media Player installed on your computer to view this file - if you don't have WMP, download it for free here).

The Age Demographics of Academic Librarians: A Professional Apart, by Stanley Wilder. This book marks the first time in which demographic information on ARL librarians was published.

"The Changing Profile of Research Library Professional Staff", by Stanley Wilder, as published in ARL: A Bimonthly Report 208/209

Sample questionnaire that collected demographic information for the
ARL Annual Salary Survey 1993-94