Australian and US Academic Library Jobs: A Comparison

Autor/inn/en	Kennan, Mary Anne; Willard, Patricia; Wilson, Concepcion S.; Cole, Fletcher
Titel	Australian and US Academic Library Jobs: A Comparison
Quelle	In: Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 38 (2007) 2, S.111-128 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-8623
Schlagwörter	Academic Libraries; Foreign Countries; Labor Market; Library Personnel; Comparative Analysis; Librarians; Occupations; Job Applicants; Advertising; Multivariate Analysis; Interpersonal Competence; Australia; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Colleges; University; Universities; Libary; Libraries; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Universität; Bibliothek; Hochschulbibliothek; Ausland; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin; Beruf; Berufsumfeld; Bewerber; Werbung; Multivariate Analyse; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Australien; USA
Abstract	The desire to investigate similarities and differences of Australian and US academic library professional librarian jobs motivated this paper. Job advertisements were gathered in August, September and October 2004. They are a subset of those reported in earlier studies which are more general in scope; this paper focused on the job market's expectations of academic librarians. Word counts and content and co-word analysis revealed a high demand in both countries for behavioural and interpersonal skills. The specification of generic competencies was more marked in the Australian data, and a number of differences existed in educational and experience specifications between countries. (Contains 37 notes and 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10