A Study of Librarian Employment Trends from 1997-2009
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Lerner, Rachel C.
- Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
- Abstract
- This study looks at Bureau of Labor Statistics data from 1997-2009 for the occupational classification "Librarian" and attempts to identify trends among librarian employment, total national employment and national population data. The librarian employment statistics are categorized into special, academic, government, and school librarians and compared to each other as well as national employment and population figures. While national employment began to dip sharply in 2008, total librarian employment did not reflect as sharp a fall. Librarian employment had seen steady growth since 2005, although in 2008 their numbers did began to fall. Regardless of said growth, librarian job growth has not kept pace with the national population growth over the 13 years studied. The study closes with a discussion speculating as to why trends are so difficult to identify, and how librarian educators can respond to the seeming lack of job growth in the industry.
- Date of publication
- April 2010
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- In Copyright
- Advisor
- Barreau, Deborah
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- 70
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- abb1808a-3405-4d7b-866b-f35807dc08b2
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- Open access
- Date uploaded
- March 6, 2013
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