Future of academic/research librarians: A period of transition - To what?

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-97

  Hardesty, Larry ^a  

^a AUSTIN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0038576526     PISSN: 15312542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pla.2002.0011     Document Type: Article

References (58)

1. At the 1974 Midwinter American Library Association Conference, employers advertised 349 positions and 1,122 job seekers registered with the Placement Bureau according to Lorelle Swader, Director, ALA Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment, telephone conversation with author, March 5, 2001.
2. John Berry, "The Shortage of Librarians is Back," Library Journal, 113 (May 15,1988): 4.
3. Howard W. French, "New York Finds Librarians in Short Supply, New York Times, 23 April 1988, Metropolitan News section, 33,35.
4. Maxine Moore, ALA Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment, fax to author, 11 July 2001.
5. Elise Parker, Classified Advertising Manager, College & Research Libraries News , fax to author, 11 July 2001.
6. For more information on this program see Larry Hardesty, "College Library Directors Mentor Program: 'Passing it On:' A Personal Reflection," The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 23 (July 1997): 281-290; or its website at: 〈http://abell.austinc.edu/CLS/ colment.html
7. Marion Paris, "Why Library Schools Fail," Library Journal 115 (October 1,1990): 38-42.
8. Carlyle J. Frarey and Carol L. Learmont, "Placements and Salaries 1973: Not Much Change," Library Journal 99 (July 1974): 1767-1774.
9. Carol L. Learmont & Stephen Van Houton, "Placement & Salaries 1980: Holding the Line," Library Journal 106 (October 1,1981): 1881-1887.
10. Despite the beginning of the closing of library schools in the late 1970s, more ALA-accredited library schools existed in 1980 than in 1973. For example, while the University of Oregon was not included in the 1980 survey, library schools included in the 1980 survey but not included in the 1973 survey were Alabama, Arizona, Ball, Brigham Young, Clarion, Maryland, McGill, Montana, North Carolina Central, North Texas State, Pratt, St. Johns, South Carolina, South Florida, Southern Mississippi, Texas, Western Ontario, and Wisconsin (Milwaukee). Some had been accredited institutions that apparently had not responded to the 1973. Many, however, received ALA-accreditation during the 1970s.
11. Karen F. Ceppos, "Innovation and Survival in Schools of Library and Information Science," Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 33 (Fall 1992): 278.
12. Karen F. Ceppos, "Innovation and Survival in Schools of Library and Information Science," Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 33 (1992): 278, Ibid.
13. Carol Learmont and Stephen Van Houten, "Placement & Salaries 1985: Little Change," Library Journal 111 (October 15,1986): 31-38.
14. Prudence W. Dalrymple, "The State of the Schools," American Libraries 27 (January 1997): 34.
15. Kathleen de la Pena McCook and William E. Moen, "Pattern of Program Selection: Ranked in the Choice of a Master's Degree Program in Library and Information Studies," Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 33 (Summer 1992): 214.
16. Vicki L. Gregory and Sonia Ramirez Wohlmuth, "Better Pay, More Jobs: Placement & Salaries 99," Library Journal 125 (October 15, 2000): 33
17. Vicki L. Gregory and Sonia Ramirez Wohlmuth, Library Journal, Ibid., p. 35.
18. Herbert S. White and Sarah L. Mort, "The Accredited Library Education Program as Preparation for Professional Library Work," Library Quarterly 60 (July 1990): 187-215.
19. Olivia Crosby, "Information Experts in the Information Age, Occupational Outlook Quarterly (Winter 2000-2001): 9.
20. Olivia Crosby, "Information Experts in the Information Age, Occupational Outlook Quarterly (2000-2001): 9, Ibid.
21. Evan St. Life, "The Boomer Brain Drain: The Last of a Generation?" Library Journal 125 (May 1, 2000): 38.
22. Stanley J. Wilder, "The Age Demographics of Academic Librarians: A Professional Apart," Journal of Library Administration 28, (1999): 8-11.
23. Stanley J. Wilder, Journal of Library Administration, Ibid., p. 35.
24. Stanley J. Wilder, Journal of Library Administration, Ibid., p. 35.
25. Nancy A Van House, "Projections of Supply" in Library Human Resources: A Study of Supply and Demand (Chicago: American Library Association, 1983), 88-109.
26. Actually over the past almost two decades beginning salaries of librarians have increased modestly in comparison with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI). If starting salaries had increased at the same rate as the CPI since 1982-84 they would have been in $29,848 in 1999. However, the average beginning salary reported that year was $33,976. Vicki L. Gregory and Sonia Ramirez Wohlmuth, "Better Pay, More Jobs: Placement & Salaries 99," Library Journal 125 (October 15, 2000): 33.
27. For a view contending that over the past thirty years the purchasing power of beginning librarians has not increased see: James M. Matarazzo, "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (Sic Librarian!)," The Journal of Academic Librarianship 26 (September 2000): 309-310.
28. The most recent Library Journal placement and salary survey supports the conclusion that despite considerable job opportunities, beginning salaries had lagged behind inflation for the first time in two years. Tom Terrell and Vicki L. Gregory, "Plenty of Jobs, Salaries are Flat: Placement & Salaries 2000," Library Journal 126 (October 15, 2001): 34-40.
29. Mary Lord, "Short of Teachers in United States Prompts Recruiting Abroad," U.S. News & World Report 30 (April 9, 2001): 54.
30. Chester F Finn Jr. and Kathleen Madigan, "Removing the Barriers for Teacher Candidates," Educational Leadership 58 (May 2001): 29-31.
31. Ken Hudson, "The Disposable Worker," Monthly Review 52 (April 2001): 43-55.
32. Jack H. Schuster, "Reconfiguring the Professoriate: An Overview," Academe 84 (JanuaryFebruary 1998): 49.
33. Jack Schuster, Professor of Education and Public Policy, Claremont Graduate University. Email communication to the author, 10 July 2001.
34. Ana Marie Cox, "Study Shows Colleges' Dependence on Their Part-Time Instructors," The Chronicle of Higher Education 47 (December 1, 2000): A12-A14.
35. Linda A. Bell, "Uncertain Times: The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession: 2000-2001," Academe 87 (March-April 2001): 29.
36. St. Life, "The Boomer Brain Drain," 39. In this article the author includes the average starting salaries for master's level graduates in journalism, agriculture, elementary education, education administration, accounting, human resources, advertising, banking, computer science, aerospace/aeronautical engineering, marketing, nursing, and computer engineering. Only journalists with master's degrees started for less in 1998 than the librarian beginning salary of $31,915.
37. Evan St. Lifer, "Are You Happy in Your Job? LJ's Exclusive Report," Library Journal 119 (November 1,1994): 46.
38. Gregory & Wohlmuth, "Better Pay, More Jobs," 30.
39. Bell, "The Annual Report," 28.
40. Cox, "Student Shows Colleges' Dependence," A12.
41. Schuster, "Reconfiguring the Professoriate," 52.
42. Bell, "Uncertain Times," 34.
43. Ruth W. Clinefelter and Jack E. Hibbs, "The Neglected Information Specialist," Academe 75 (July-August 1989): 26-30.
44. Gene T. Sherron and Marie B. Landry, "Reinventing the Bachelor's Degree: Call It 'Information Studies,'" journal of Education for Library and Information Science 40 (Winter 1999): 48-56.
45. Christine A. Tanner and Janis P. Bellack, "Resolving the Nursing Shortage: Replacement Plus One! journal of Nursing Education 40 (March 2001): 99-100.
46. Ada Sue Hinshaw, "A Continuing Challenge: The Shortage of Educationally Prepared Nursing Faculty" Online journal of Issues in Nursing 6 (January 31, 2001) Available: 〈http:// www.nursingworld.org/ojin/topicl4/tpcl43.htm [8 July 2001].
47. Linda H. Aiken, Sean P. Clarke, Douglas M. Sloane, Julie A. Sochalski, Reinhard Busse, Heather Clark, Phyllis Giovannetti, Jennifer Hunt, Anne Marie Rafferty, and Judith Shamian, "Nurses' Report on Hospital Care in Five Countries," Health Affairs 20 (May, 2001-June, 2001): 244-252.
48. American Public Human Services Association, "News Release: Public Child Welfare Agencies Face Staffing Problems," (May 8, 2001) Available: 〈http://www.aphsa.org/ hotnews/press050801.asp [16 July 2001].
49. Linda N. Lucksinger, "Teachers: Can We Get Them and Keep Them?" The Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin 67 (Fall 2000): 11-15.
50. Ronald D. Pollock, "Where Have all the Librarians Gone?" Presentation to the Texas Library Association 2001 Annual Conference (March 2001) Available: 〈http:// www.gslis.utexas.edu/~careers/TLA-Talk.html [7 July 2001].
51. See, for example, Lucksinger, "Teachers," Aiken, "Nurses," and the APHSA report "Public Child Welfare Agencies."
52. Carolyn A. Sheehy, "Who Says it's Always Greener on the Other Side? American Libraries 31 (September 2001): 52-54.
53. Evan Farber, Earlham College Librarian Emeritus, e-mail to the author, October 2, 2000.
54. For examples see, Norman D. Stevens, "The Last Librarian." American Libraries 32 (October 2001): 60-64,
55. and Mark Y. Herring, "Our Times, They Are A-Changin', But Are We?" Library journal 126 (October 15, 2001): 42-44.
56. Larry Hardesty, "Computer Center and Library Relations among Small Colleges," in Books, Bytes and Bridges, ed. Larry Hardesty (American Library Association, 2000), 73-82.
57. Edward Meachen, "Merged and Unmerged Services," in Books, Bytes and Bridges, ed. Larry Hardesty (American Library Association, 2000), 96.
58. This brochure and information about "Shadow Day" are available from the Association of College and Research Libraries by writing: ACRL, 500 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611, telephoning 1-800-545-2433, ext. 2522, or e-mailing msutton@ala.org. Visit ACRL's website at 〈www.ala.org/acrl