Academic librarianship is a heavily feminized profession, with women making up between 72 and 74% of the workforce based on statistics from Canada and the US (American Library Association, 2012; Canadian Association of University Teachers, 2017). As a result, gendered issues such as salary discrepancies and a glass ceiling phenomenon might be expected to be magnified in such an environment. The authors analyzed linked data from a 2018 census of academic librarians to uncover and examine the experience of motherhood and librarianship, specifically by looking at potential connections between gender, salary, number of dependents, and academic rank. Results demonstrate that women earn, on average, $10,000CDN/year less, are less likely to become a parent as their career progresses, and are overly represented at the lower ranks (e.g., Assistant Librarian) than their men counterparts. Drawing upon the literature on motherhood, salary differences, and career progression in academia, we demonstrate that issues long standing in the profession have yet to be resolved.

高校图书馆工作是女性的重任，根据加拿大和美国的统计数据，女性在劳动力中占72％至74％（美国图书馆协会，2012；加拿大大学教师协会，2017）。结果，在这种环境下，诸如薪水差异和玻璃天花板现象之类的性别问题可能会被放大。作者分析了来自2018年大学图书馆员普查的链接数据，以发现和检查母性和图书馆员的经历，特别是通过研究性别，薪水，受抚养人数和学历之间的潜在联系。结果表明，女性的平均收入要少10,000加元/年，随着职业的发展，成为父母的可能性也较小，并且在较低级别的女性中所占的比例过高（例如，助理馆员）要比男性同行好。借鉴有关学术性的母亲，薪资差异和职业发展的文献，我们证明长期存在于该行业中的问题尚未解决。