Projections of the Supply of Librarians.

Van House, Nancy A.

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ERIC Number: EJ310397

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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Projections of the Supply of Librarians.

Van House, Nancy A.

Library Quarterly, v54 n4 p368-95 Oct 1984

Applies an economic model of occupational supply to librarianship to develop models that explain determination of number of accredited M.L.S. graduates and their starting salaries. Models are used to project graduates and salaries through 1990, then extended to project additions to supply of librarians from all sources. (36 references) (EJS)

Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Graduate Study, Labor Force, Labor Market, Labor Supply, Librarians, Masters Degrees, Mathematical Models, Regression (Statistics), Salaries, Tables (Data)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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