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A Framework for the Incorporation of Digital Scholarship Contents in South African Library and Information Science Schools
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Philangani Sibiya; Patrick Ngulube – Education for Information, 2024
Education curricula need constant updates in response to job market requirements, which may be influenced by the changing technological environment. In the library and information science (LIS) job market there are dynamics brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). These dynamics call for LIS schools to reconsider their curricula in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Science, Information Science, Curriculum Development
Exploring the LIS Academic Labor Market in China: A Supply and Demand Analysis
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Tian, Ye; Chen, Kuang-Hua; Yang, TianTian – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
This paper presents an empirical analysis of the supply-and-demand dynamics in the library and information science (LIS) academic market in China. This analysis is based on a broad concept of academic market and large-scale labor-market data. The authors find a shift in faculty positions, in which traditional positions in universities and research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Science, Labor Market, College Faculty
A Study of Labour Market Information Needs through Employers' Seeking Behaviour
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Sanchez-Cuadrado, Sonia; Morato, Jorge; Andreadakis, Yorgos; Moreiro, Jose Antonio – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2010
Introduction: The objective of this study is understand the information needs that businesses have while seeking Library and Information Science professionals and analyse how they formulate those needs. Method: The analysis is performed by examining the professional skills and capabilities demanded in job offers published. A total of 1,020 job…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Information Needs, Occupations, Semantics
Assessing the Impact of Gender and Race on Earnings in the Library Science Labor Market
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Sweeper, Darren; Smith, Steven A. – College & Research Libraries, 2010
Using data from the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates, this paper examines earnings in the library science labor market and assesses the impact of gender on the income attainment process. We use this cross-sectional dataset to determine if there are significant income differences between male and female library science professionals. The…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Library Science, Labor Market, Gender Differences
Towards a New Model of LIS Competences Management in Portugal: Implications for the Praxis and Academia Studies
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Ochoa, Paula; Pinto, Leonor Gaspar – Education for Information, 2008
After briefly presenting INCITE, The Portuguese Association for Information Management's, main research projects on LIS competences development and professional qualifications, this paper discusses the Association's contribution to the redesign of LIS professional competences pathways in the working environment; namely the movement from a pilot…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Qualifications, Information Management, Lifelong Learning
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Conners, David; McCarthy, Laena – Library Journal, 2007
In fall 2005, Rachel Holt and Adrienne L. Strock's article, "The Entry-Level Gap," ("Library Journal" 5/1/05, p.36-38) became the talk of the town. Holt and Strock argued that the new Master of Library Science (MLS) graduates have trouble finding work because of low salaries and the disappearance of entry-level positions owing to…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Graduates, Library Science, Masters Programs