Faculty replacements in library schools

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Zipkowitz, Fay^{; 1} | Futas, Elizabeth

Affiliations: Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881-0815, USA

Note: [1] Research carried out with a grant from the Council on Library Resources.

Abstract: A study of library and information science faculty in the United States and Canada undertaken to determine the need for replacements due to retirements and other withdrawals from teaching. With a return rate of more than eighty percent to a survey questionnaire, information on age, gender, experience and retirement plans led to the conclusion that there will be a serious depletion of faculty resources in library schools before the year 2001. Plans should be made to recruit, educate and retain qualified new faculty for replacement purposes immediately.

DOI: 10.3233/EFI-1993-11103

Journal: Education for Information, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 19-34, 1993