The trending academic library job market: An analysis of library position announcements from 2011 with comparisons to 1996 and 1988

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 716-739

  Triumph, Therese F ^a   Beile, Penny M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84940421892     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: 21506701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl.76.6.716     Document Type: Article

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