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Direct linkWang, Hanrong; Tang, Yingqi; Knight, Carley – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2010
This study analyzes job advertisements to identify the contemporary development of academic reference librarianship in the United States. Results show that more job openings, higher educational backgrounds, more duties & responsibilities, and variety of titles were assigned to academic reference librarian positions from 1966 through 2009.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Reference Services, Library Science, Librarians
Choi, Youngok; Rasmussen, Edie – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2009
As academic library functions and activities continue to evolve, libraries have broadened the traditional library model, which focuses on management of physical resources and activities, to include a digital library model, transforming resources and services into digital formats to support teaching, learning, and research. This transition has…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Employment Qualifications
Grimes, Marybeth F.; Grimes, Paul W. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2008
To examine the evolving role of the Master of Library Science (MLS) degree in academic libraries, pooled cross-sectional data were collected from job advertisements in "College and Research Library News." Beginning with 1975 and continuing at 5-year intervals through 2005, pertinent information from all job advertisements in each monthly issue…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Masters Degrees
Zhang, Li – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2008
This study examines academic and research librarian positions that require foreign language skills. Technical and public services are most likely to require language knowledge, while administrator and system librarian positions are the least likely. Overall, the requirements show a continued rise until the mid-1980s and a declining trend after…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Academic Libraries, Language Skills, Library Services
