Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
The Trending Academic Library Job Market: An Analysis Of Library Position Announcements From 2011 With Comparisons To 1996 And 1988, Therese Triumph, Penny Beile
The Trending Academic Library Job Market: An Analysis Of Library Position Announcements From 2011 With Comparisons To 1996 And 1988, Therese Triumph, Penny Beile
Penny Beile
The primary objective of the study was to describe the number, types and titles, requested qualifications and skills, salary information, and locations of positions advertised in 2011 on the ALA JobLIST and ARL Job Announcements web sites and in the print version of the Chronicle of Higher Education for purposes of determining the current state of the academic library job market in the United States. To investigate changes in the academic library job market and identify emerging trends over a 23-year period results also were compared to studies that analyzed position announcements from 1996 and 1988. Content analysis of 957 …