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Oliver, Astrid1 oliver_a@fortlewis.edu, Prosser, Eric1 ejprosser@fortlewis.edu |
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Journal of Academic Librarianship. Nov2017, Vol. 43 Issue 6, p526-531. 6p. |
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Studies exploring librarians' backgrounds and motivations frequently focus on all librarian-types or on students seeking a degree in librarianship. Investigating particular subsets of librarians is a field ripe for study. Here, we employed a survey of 1872 academic librarians who obtained a graduate degree in librarianship to examine their undergraduate education and their general career paths leading them to academic librarianship. The study found that over two-thirds of respondents sought a librarianship degree more than one year after obtaining their undergraduate degree. A large majority spent time in the workforce before seeking a librarianship degree, with exposure to work in a library or contact with a librarian remaining a major influence on the decision to enter the field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts |
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