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This is a survey of librarians’ image of career opportunities within the profession. In order to gain a better understanding of the profession I wanted to study the profession based on those who work in it, with the aim of trying to reach a deeper understanding of how the career paths of public librarians, college- and university librarians relate to gender and status. The starting point was the following questions: How do librarians at public libraries, college- and university libraries describe their actual and potential career paths? What patterns emerge regarding women’s and men’s description of their career paths at each type of library? The survey has been carried out by interviewing librarians about their professional careers so far and how they see their opportunities for development in the future, I have analyzed the collected material based on theories that deal with the status of the librarian profession as well as gender theory. It has been clear that most of the interviewed librarians had difficulties seeing any clear career path within the profession. I have not found any consistent view of what a career could be. Nor have I been able to discern any common patterns for how the interviewed female librarians and male librarians described their career paths or view of future career opportunities. |
