Using professional development as a retention tool for underrepresented academic librarians

Journal of Library Administration

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 45-61

  Acree, Eric Kofi ^a   Epps, Sharon K ^b   Gilmore, Yolanda ^c   Henriques, Charmaine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Minorities; Multicultural; Professional development; Recruitment and retention; Underrepresented; University of minnesota training institute for library science interns and residents

Indexed keywords

EID: 10344237745     PISSN: 01930826     EISSN: 15403564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J111v33n01_05     Document Type: Article

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