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Why Do We Stay? Survey of Long-Term Academic Librarians in Canada.
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Millard, Donna M. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2003
A survey of long-term academic librarians at English language Canadian universities attempts to determine which of four factors has the strongest influence over long-term careers: career commitment, organizational commitment, personal factors, or economic factors. Findings show career commitments far outweigh the other three factors, proving, in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Employee Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Automation Change: A Survey of Authority Control/Database Maintenance Librarians.
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Rogers, Shelley L. – Library and Information Science Research, 1992
Reports results of a survey of authority control/database maintenance librarians in 151 major academic and research libraries in the United States and Canada that investigated the current state of automation change, reactions of technical services staff to changes, and methods used to train staff in the changed technology. List of surveyed…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
The Library as a Learning Organization and the Climate for Updating in a Period of Rapidly Changing Technologies.
Auster, Ethel; Chan, Donna C. – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Examines some of the factors affecting the participation of librarians in professional development activities. Reference librarians working in large urban public libraries in Ontario were surveyed. Data on participation in formal and informal learning activities, together with information about their perceptions of their libraries' environment…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Librarian Attitudes
Public Library Boards and Chief Librarians: A Creative Balance.
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Cameron, Alexander; And Others – Canadian Library Journal, 1992
Discusses responses to a 1990 survey of 21 Chief Librarians of medium-sized public libraries in Ontario regarding experiences working with the Library Board. Topics addressed include the powers and role of the board, balance and limits of power, informing the board, working with the municipality, the working relationship, clarifying expectations,…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Foreign Countries, Governing Boards, Librarian Attitudes
Job Satisfaction of Canadian University Librarians: A National Survey.
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Leckie, Gloria J.; Brett, Jim – College & Research Libraries, 1997
A study of 738 Canadian university librarians compared the job satisfaction of faculty/non-faculty and administrative/non-administrative librarians: faculty are more satisfied with roles in university affairs, promotion, and tenure processes but not with work load and salary; administrative librarians are more satisfied with most aspects of their…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Faculty, Foreign Countries