Dear colleagues, In revising the readings for the Fundamentals course (701), I ran across the following source from Career One Stop, a site sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Labor. http://www.careerinfonet.org/occ_rep.asp?next=occ_rep&Level=&optstatus=11111... While a slightly disappointing projection of -5% growth for librarians between 2012 and 2022 for NYS, it’s somewhat more positive for NJ, CT, PA and Washington, DC. One also can check for wage information by metropolitan areas: median yearly 2013 income for the NY metropolitan area is $63,100, as compared to $60,900 for NYS. So, some of this information on lack of job growth may reflect conditions upstate. A similar search for Archivists in NYS indicates a projected 17% rise in employment, but a lower median salary ($53,900). I just thought this would be quite interesting to those on the Committee tracking LIS employment trends, and to all of us in general terms. Claudia Claudia A. Perry, MLS, Ph.D Associate Professor Graduate Advisor for Admissions Graduate School of Library and Information Studies Queens College, CUNY Flushing, NY 11367 claudia.perry@qc.cuny.edu 718-997-3790