Library systems and digital services are in rapid development and of increasing importance to meeting the needs of users, and systems librarianship is at the forefront of this development, with ever-changing expectations of expertise and areas of responsibility. The aim of this study was to determine how well library and information science (LIS)…

As the OER movement expands in higher education, libraries are increasingly seeking to add OER librarians to their organizational charts. As an emerging subfield, OER librarianship takes many forms, and there are many paths to OER work. This study examines OER librarians' paths to the field, including their motivations for entering and remaining…

Approximately 50 percent of the 4-page questionnaires sent to a sample of 320 women librarians with doctorates were returned with usable responses for this 1977 survey requesting factual information on their education, experience, present position and salary, professional contributions, and personal characteristics. These women also responded to…