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Download full textGriffiths, Jose-Marie; And Others – 1984
This document contains validated activities and competencies needed by librarians working in an academic library. The activities and competencies are organized according to the functions which academic librarians perform: acquisitions; cataloging; circulation and reader services; collection maintenance; interlibrary loan; management; reference;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Competence, Employment Patterns, Higher Education
Gregory, Vicki L. – Library Journal, 1999
Presents results from the 48th annual "Library Journal" Placements and Salaries Survey (1998). Discusses job trends; increasing salaries; decrease in placements; and graduate responses. Eight tables provide results. A sidebar by Norman Oder profiles a 1998 graduate from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; King, Donald W. – 1985
To determine the current and future competencies required by librarians and information professionals, a project was undertaken to meet the following objectives: set forth an idealized framework to be used by the librarian and information professional community; determine a first set of competencies which are validated in the workplace to some…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Employment Patterns
Stewart, Jasmine; Powell, Lora Thompson – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
Tables present 1993-94 data on the top 108 university and 11 nonuniversity research libraries in the United States and Canada, including numbers of volumes in the library, volumes added, number of current serials, permanent staff, and total dollar expenditures. A pie graph also illustrates operating expenditure proportions. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Employment Patterns, Expenditures
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1973
This set of materials on the employment status of librarians in research libraries was assembled by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Representative examples of library faculty by-laws are provided from the University of Minnesota, the University of Cincinnati, Michigan State…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Academic Rank (Professional), Employment Level, Employment Patterns
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1980
This set of materials on the employment status of librarians in research libraries, assembled by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), contains: (1) the results of a survey of ARL member libraries conducted in December 1979 on the employment status of librarians; (2) policy statements on…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Libraries, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
Peer reviewedHardesty, Larry L. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2002
Analyzes available data to determine the validity of explanations offered for the shortage of qualified academic librarians. Highlights include recruiting academic/ research librarians; library school enrollment trends; placement data; future possibilities; salary and working conditions; and professional issues. (Contains 50 references.)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Enrollment Trends
