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LIANZA Annual Remuneration Survey 2008

6 October 2008

The time has come to complete LIANZA's annual remuneration survey.

The Remuneration Survey gathers information about what librarians are paid across the country and across the various library sectors. This information is used by library managers, HR staff and individual librarians to benchmark librarians pay. LIANZA uses the survey to inform other initiatives such as the pay equity work.

We are making some changes this year based upon the recommendations of the 2007 Remuneration Survey Committee. The survey is now an annual survey and to make the survey results more robust from an HR perspective and also to simplify the process and reduce the costs LIANZA will ask Library and Information Managers to provide the remuneration information. The survey is more narrowly focussed upon remuneration information so that the demographic information gathered last year will not be collected in this survey.

The LIANZA Remuneration Survey is supported by National Library, APLM, SLIS, CONZUL, SLANZA, ITPNZ, NZLLA.

We are using the same research company as last year, MM Research, to conduct the survey. We use a research company to ensure that the highly confidential salary information is secured by a neutral third party.

The Survey will be addressed to Library Managers and will ask for the following information:

a. Library Name
b. Library Sectors (School, Public, University, Polytechnic, Other Tertiary, Special, Law, National)
c. Job category (A,B,C,D,PQ,R,S)
d. Job title
e. Gender
f. Annualised base salary
g. Benefits received (Superannuation/Kiwisaver Employer Contribution, Medical Insurance, Professional Fees)
h. Bonus received
The final results of the survey will be freely available on the LIANZA website in early December 2008.

Moira Fraser
Chair, LIANZA Remuneration Survey Committee
moira.fraser@parliament.govt.nz