Technical Services Job Ads: Changes Since 1995

Abstract

For this project, the researchers studied job ads posted during 2001 in American Libraries, Autocat, The Chronicle of Higher Education, College and Research Libraries News, and SerialsST. This article replicates studies by Penny M. Beile and Megan M. Adams, and Michael Towsey that analyzed job ads from the mid-1990s.1–2 The results from the current study were compared with their results. Findings included a very large increase in the number of jobs advertised, increases in the number of jobs reposted and in salaries, and a decrease in foreign-language requirements.