id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-15784 Deeken, JoAnne; Thomas, Deborah Technical Services Job Ads: Changes Since 1995 2006-03-01 10 .pdf application/pdf 5324 319 59 Beile and Adams showed an average minimum salary of $30,751 for all technical services job ads; the current study found $38,688.23 They found the average minimum salary for a nonadministrative cataloging job was $28,888; this study found $35,304.24 For cataloging job ads with administrative duties, their finding was $34,997; this study’s was $41,403.25 According to the American Institute for Economic Re- search’s Cost of Living Calculator, the cost of living between 1996 and 2001 increased 12.87 percent.26 All the salary increases for technical services job ads exceeded this rate of growth. Findings included a very large increase in the number of jobs advertised, increases in the number of jobs reposted and in salaries, and a decrease in foreign-language requirements. hen talking to colleagues, the anecdotal consensus seems to be that technical service jobs are becoming increasingly hard to fill. cache/crl-15784.pdf txt/crl-15784.txt