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Peer reviewedHildenbrand, Suzanne – Library Trends, 1985
Model for looking at the position of women in librarianship and other female-intensive professions consists of three parts: needs of emerging progressive or welfare state with its ever-growing list of activities; prevailing gender system in progressive America; and adjustments required to accommodate tensions between the first two. Forty-four…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Employed Women, History, Librarians
Peer reviewedGeahigan, Priscilla; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1981
Cites a new requirement at Purdue University that consideration for promotion and tenure for librarians be based on publications in library/information science rather than other fields in which they may have degrees. A survey of ARL libraries indicates that few academic libraries currently support this position. Five references are listed. (RAA)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Information Science, Librarians, Library Science
Peer reviewedSwisher, Robert; And Others – Library Trends, 1985
The major finding of this study which identified motivation-to-manage levels is that there is no evidence of any significant difference between the motivation-to-manage scores of males and females who are either (1) master's students preparing for careers in academic librarianship or (2) practitioners of academic librarianship. Thirty references…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Graduate Students, Higher Education
