Explores the problem of library school applicants who have professional potential but fail to meet a program's minimum criteria for admission: presents relevant survey data, discusses methods used to screen applicants for exceptional admissions, and offers recommendations concerning their merits. (FM)

This twelfth edition of the annual Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) statistical report presents comprehensive statistical information and analysis about graduate library and information science education in the United States and Canada. The edition is divided into six sections: (1) Faculty (salary, gender, age,…

In spite of a commitment to diversify and recruitment initiatives to attract people of color, the number of new librarians that enter the workforce each year do not reflect the diversity of the U.S. population. It is important that diversity initiatives now being planned have accurate baseline data on which to build strategies. This report…