In the latest issue of Research Library Issues (RLI), Stanley Wilder, dean of libraries at Louisiana State University, illustrates recent demographic changes in the professional population of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions. Wilder focuses on delayed retirements and the coming “youth movement,” hiring and staffing trends, and specific subsets of the population, including Canadians, historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, women and men, and millennials.
In the introduction to this issue of RLI, Steven Mandeville-Gamble, university librarian at University of California, Riverside, says, “Wilder’s articles serve as…a call to action for leaders in the profession by identifying where they should put their energies in addressing the emerging needs of their organizations and addressing disparities in the profession as a whole.”
The complete table of contents with links to the articles follows:
- Demographic Trends in the ARL Library Professional Population: An Overview
Steven Mandeville-Gamble, University of California, Riverside - Delayed Retirements and the Youth Movement among ARL Library Professionals
Stanley Wilder, Louisiana State University
Originally published in 2017 on ARL.org - Hiring and Staffing Trends in ARL Libraries
Stanley Wilder, Louisiana State University
Originally published in 2017 on ARL.org - Selected Demographic Trends in the ARL Professional Population
Stanley Wilder, Louisiana State University
Research Library Issues no. 295 (2018) is freely available from ARL Digital Publications.
About the Association of Research Libraries
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