Who Speaks for Academic Librarians? Status and Satisfaction Comparisons between Unaffiliated and Unionized Librarians on Scholarship and Governance Issues

Discusses results of a comparative survey of 201 academic librarians, 126 unaffiliated and 75 unionized, that revealed wide disparities in the opportunities for librarians to meet the scholarship and governance requirements for faculty status. Results confirm that the absence of uniform representati...

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Veröffentlicht in:	College & research libraries 1997-09, Vol.58 (5), p.446-462
Hauptverfasser:	Spang, Lothar, Kane, William P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Academic Libraries Academic Rank (Professional) Academic status Administrator Attitudes Comparative Analysis Exact sciences and technology Faculty Governance Faculty Status Futures (of Society) Governance Higher Education Information and communication sciences Information science. Documentation Information Services Job Satisfaction Librarians Library and information science. General aspects Library Personnel Library Schools Library Services Library staff Polls & surveys Professional aspects Professional Identity Professional Recognition Research Libraries Research Methodology Researchers Salaries Scholarship Sciences and techniques of general use Status Surveys Tables (Data) Teaching Methods Tenured Faculty Unions USA Work Environment Working Hours
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Zusammenfassung:	Discusses results of a comparative survey of 201 academic librarians, 126 unaffiliated and 75 unionized, that revealed wide disparities in the opportunities for librarians to meet the scholarship and governance requirements for faculty status. Results confirm that the absence of uniform representation has profound implications for the future of the faculty status model. (Author/LRW)
ISSN:	0010-0870 2150-6701
DOI:	10.5860/crl.58.5.446