Developing a Compensation Plan for Your Library

In this edition, Singer and Francisco tackle the new challenges facing administrators and human resources planners such as the retirement of the Baby Boomers, determining the compensation value of an MLS, and how to retain your organization's high-performing employees.

Paula M. Singer is the president and principal consultant of The Singer Group, Inc., a management-consulting firm she founded in 1983. She provides compensation consulting, strategic planning and alignment, organization design and development, performance management, leadership development, and other ser vices to clients in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Libraries throughout the country have engaged The Singer Group to conduct a variety of studies and projects. She is the author of the first edition of this book and coauthor of Winning with Library Leadership: Enhancing Services through Connection, Contribution, and Collaboration (with Christi Olson) and Human Resources for Results (with Jeanne Goodrich), all published by the American Library Association. Paula is also a frequent speaker at ALA, PLA, and state library association conferences and events.

Laura L. Francisco is a senior consultant with The Singer Group, Inc. For nearly fifteen years, she has provided compensation, classification, performance management, and other consulting ser vices to clients in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. She has consulted with many library systems across the country to develop and implement compensation and classification systems designed to meet the particular needs of the library system. Francisco is a member of the American Library Association and has been certified as a Professional in Human Resources by the Society for Human Resource Management.