Salary and related data are reported for 8,231 professional staff members in the 108 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) university member libraries, including law and medical libraries; for the 11 nonuniversity ARL members, data were reported for 4,016 professional staff members. Data, summarized in 42 tables, includes: distribution by salary level; filled positions; average, median, and beginning professional salaries; average years of professional experience; beginning professional salaries fiscal years 1994-95 and 1995-96; median professional salaries 1994-95 and 1995-96; and average professional salaries 1994-95 and 1995-96; average, median, and beginning professional salaries 1993-96; salary trends; distribution of professional staff by salary, sex, and position; average years of experience, position, sex and salaries of minority librarians; salaries by type of institution, size of professional staff, and region. Categories of salary information by library type include: ARL nonuniversity libraries (2 tables); ARL university libraries (24 tables); Canadian ARL university libraries (4 tables); ARL university medical libraries (7 tables); and ARL university law libraries (7 tables). Changes in the format of the 1995-96 publication include: the withdrawal of questions on revised salary figures; the number of staff positions in table 23 (over 120 instead of over 124); and trends are shown over the last 11 years, rather than 10. Copies of the university and nonuniversity library questionnaires are also provided. (AEF)