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contributor.advisorEvelyn Danielen
creatorCorinne J. Mahoneyen
date.accessioned2005-04-18T12:32:49Z-
date.available2005-04-17en
date.issued2005-04-18T12:32:49Z-
date.submittedApril 15, 2005en
identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1901/197-
description.abstractData for this study was collected from a questionnaire sent to a random sample of solo special librarians. Two qualitative interviews with special librarians with solo experience were also conducted. The objectives of the study were to determine if organizations provide internal career advancement opportunities for solo special librarians and to establish whether such opportunities are more prevalent in specific types of organizations. Analysis of the data suggests that widespread internal career advancement opportunities for solo special librarians do not yet exist. However, the majority of survey respondents also indicated that they would not be interested in an internal change of position. Development within a position, also considered advancement in this study, was the type of advancement most often reported. No significant relationship between organization type and the prevalence of internal advancement opportunities emerged. Several interesting relationships among variables that could impact career planning behaviors are also described.en
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language.isoen_USen
publisherSchool of Information and Library Scienceen
rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 1.0en
subjectLibrarians – Careers Placement of Librarians Surveys – Special Librarians Special Librarians – Aims and Objectives Small Librariesen
titleMake Do or Jump Ship? Solo Librarians and Internal Career Advancement Opportunitiesen
typeElectronic Theses and Dissertationsen
degree.disciplineMSLSen
degree.grantorUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hillen
degree.levelMasteren
degree.nameMaster of Scienceen
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