# Tell me about getting a Master of Library Science degree

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-getting-a-master-of-library-science-degree/363664>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 8, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-getting-a-master-of-library-science-degree/363664 "2006-07-08T20:48:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-getting-a-master-of-library-science-degree/363664/21 "2006-07-11T00:15:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Sampiro]  
Administration of course is where the money is, such as it is, in academic and public libraries. A branch manager at a public library (and you can get a branch manager position right out of library school if they need one badly enough) will usually make around (this is in AL and GA, incidentally- I don’t know about other regions) $45-$55K starting. The director at the very small public college in “You never heard of it ville” Georgia made around $70K and, though she was 60ish, she’d only been in the field about 3 years. At the public liberal arts college I worked at in GA the director made about $100K and at the U. of Alabama, where the library is 10 times the size of the public lb. arts college I mentioned, the director/dean makes around $200K and has two assistant deans.

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I didn’t realize this thread was here when I posted mine! But this is very useful information – since library administration is what my partner (she waves “hi!”) wants to get in to. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-getting-a-master-of-library-science-degree/363664/22 "2006-07-11T03:11:36Z")

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Thanks to all who have posted. The information is very helpful and no doubt will save me a lot of time. I was hoping to hear that salaries and job selection would be better but it’s good to find this stuff out now.

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