Joe S. Hays wrote:
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> Peter,
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> I will try and get information salary information for you from the director of the University Art Museum, University of Southwestern Louisiana.  Do you have a copy of the SEAC 1992 salary survey?  Once inflation is factored in, it is still useful.  I am not finding a lot of difference between salaries in Oklahoma and Louisiana, at least with government funded institutions.  I helped with a salary survey at the Museum of the Great Plains in Lawton before coming here in 1996.
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> The staff here in Lafayette now gathering information on salaries in preparation for a study (governments are famous for salary studies)
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> Now, we are seeking information on salaries for larger instituions.  LNHM is growing from a staff of 8 full time, 8 part time with a budget of about $550,000 in a 13,000 square foot facility into a renovated facility of 72,000 square feet.  Six times the growth, six times the responsibility, six times the money, right?  Just kidding.  Does President Boren plan on raising the salaries of the OMNH staff when the Sam Noble Behemoth Museum of Natural History opens?
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> Just as an aside, we have the only planetarium in south Louisiana west of the Mississippi.  I am finding that the salaries of planetaria staff considerably higher than comparable museum salaries (contact me for specifics).  Trouble is, not all planetaria are associated with museums.
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> Following up on Burcaw's book that recommends comparing salaries with libraries, school systems, and jr. college faculty bears some weight.  Louisiana is the only state without a jr. college system (a definite lack of data there), but LA also has a public library system better funded and networked than many states.  Hope this helps.
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> Joe S. Hays
> Museum Director
> Lafayette Natural History Museum & Planetarium
> 637 Girard Park Drive
> Lafayette, Louisiana 70503
> (318) 291-5544
> email: [log in to unmask]
> BOOMER SOONER

Thanks for your response, Joe.  Next time I'm in Lafayette, I'll come by
your museum.

In the meantime...

You mentioned a SEAC 1992 salarly study.  Was that meant to be the SEMC,
1992 study.  I do have a copy of that and have used it for comparison
purposes.  If there is another, I would appreciate some ordering
information.

Bob Handy