Academic institution typically offer a wide range of benefits to their employees; and
as university employees, academic librarians are afforded the same institutional
benefits as other university employee. These include retirement plans, medical
care, sick and annual leave, sabbatical leave, study leave, maternity leave, child
care, pension benefit, sponsorship to conferences and workshops, leave bonuses,
on campus accommodation, and so on, which are referred to as university
supported benefits. Libraries, in addition to these can also make some benefits
available to its employees. The onus is on the human resource specialist who
must be aware of benefits offered by other libraries to ensure that his library is not
left behind. Some library supported benefits have monetary value while some have
no financial impact.