Tips and tricks to negotiating during an interview for early to mid-career librarians: Three perspectives

Abstract

Limited actionable advice exists on negotiating salary when interviewing for academic library positions for early to mid-career librarians. In this article, we summarize insights shared by three library professionals during a recent ACRL Membership Committee webinar on this topic. In alphabetical order by last name, the following library professionals participated in this discussion: Jeff Bullington (library director at Adams State University), Melanie “Mel” Hawks (director of library human resources/associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Utah), and Lis Pankl (dean of Libraries at Mississippi State University).