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Graduates in Academic Libraries: a survey of past students of the Post-Graduate School of Librarianship and Information Studies,Sheffield University,I964/65-I970/7I
The Sheffield "Follow-up" Study revealed that an overwhelming majority of graduates of the Post-Graduate School of Librarianship and Information Science are satisfied with their work and working situations. Some of the factors relating to job satifaction/dissatisfaction are examined together with job mobility and "drop-out" rates.
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Smith, G.C.K. and Schofield, J.L.A general survey of senior and intermediate staff deployment in university libraries. J. Librarianship5 (2) April 1973, 97-115
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The Sheffield "Follow-Up" Study was designed to obtain information from past students (I964/65-I970/7I) on a number of topics—career choice, career development, job satisfaction and dissatisfaction, courses offered at Sheffield, etc. Attempts were made, during the first three months of I972, to contact all past students. 239 questionnaires were distributed; not all found their mark but 208 were completed and returned—a response rate of 87%. Members of the committee concerned with the study are Miss J. F. Fried-man, H. Schur, Miss F. Wood, and N. Roberts.
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The Sheffield returns represent 56 libraries of 38 universities of Great Britain and Ireland, 7 polytechnic libraries and 7 libraries of colleges of education and further education.
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Smith, G. C. K. op. cit.
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Job analysis in libraries of all types is the major concern of the Library/Information Work Manpower Project now being undertaken at the Post-Graduate School of Librarianship and Information Science. The Project is financed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information; the Principal Investigator is Robert Sergean.
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For example—"About 75% of the profession leaves after 41/2 to 5 years service". Guy, L. C. The state of the art of education in Library Management: a shortened version of a review prepared for the University of Lancaster Library Research Unit. A paper prepared for a seminar on Management in Librarianship under the auspices of the Office of Scientific and Technical Information.
