Paper Info
Title
Public Librarianship as a Career: Challenges and Prospects.
Abstract
Over twenty-five years of research has shown that in spite of low salaries, few opportunities for advancement, and challenging work environments, most public librarians are satisfied overall with their jobs and careers, primarily because of the intrinsic rewards of the profession. In this article we present results from the Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science 1 (WILIS 1) project(1) that are related to public librarianship. We give an overview of the careers and perspectives of current and former public librarians with respect to their experience of the challenges and rewards of public library service, and compare their views with those found in previous research.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2009
LIBRARY TRENDS
satisfiability,labor studies,library and information science
Field
DocType
Volume
Public relations,Computer science,Workforce,Professional development,Library science,Spite,Instrumental and intrinsic value
Journal
58
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
0024-2594
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.84
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Susan Rathbun-Grubb1286.77
Joanne Gard Marshall2175.94