Retaining academic librarians: By chance or by design?

Library Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-208

  Strothmann, Molly ^a   Ohler, Lila Angie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Human resource strategies; Librarians; Personnel administration; Retention; University libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952343104     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435121111112907     Document Type: Article

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