Barbara Moran, UNC Chapel-Hill
Paul Solomon, University of South Carolina
What can workforce studies tell us?
why choose a career
why do you stay or leave
career patterns
what leads to career growth and satisfaction
how long to retire
But, as a whole, we have not tracked our profession. We aren't therefore prepared for the nest generation of librarians. No succession planning.
Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science (WILIS 1) : study of career patterns of NC LIS graduates from 1964 - 2004 (WILIS 2 will help LIS programs track their graduates).
6 LIS programs in the area from a diverse standpoint.
Full survey to over 7500 (35% response rate; 31% of which are now working in academic libraries). Brief summary reports are available on the WILIS website.
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