ERIC Number: EJ1069872
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Publication Date: 2015-Jul
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Cross-Generational Valuing among Peer Academic Librarians
Munde, Gail; Coonin, Bryna
College & Research Libraries, v76 n5 p609-622 Jul 2015
This study investigated the skills, knowledge, abilities or dispositions that are most valued and respected by academic librarians, and determined how these qualities might, or might not, be associated with generational membership. Other variables included institutional classification, career length, years since first professional degree, and broad library job function. The article explains survey design, proportional random sampling method, statistical analyses and tests, and resulting findings that may have implications for recruitment, mentoring, succession planning, and for assisting in the transmission of knowledge among academic librarians, especially from career mature librarians to their younger colleagues.
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Librarians, Academic Libraries, Investigations, Skill Analysis, Knowledge Level, Beliefs, Ability, Institutional Characteristics, Work Experience, Occupational Information, Statistical Analysis, Achievement Tests, Sampling, Cohort Analysis, Age Differences, Age Groups, Surveys, Qualitative Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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