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The Role, Status, and Working Conditions of Paraprofessionals: A National Survey of Academic Libraries
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The emergence of paraprofessionals as a growing force in academic libraries is a much discussed but little investigated phenomenon.The rapid change that characterizes academic libraries today has affected profoundly staff deployment and workplace task assignment.The profession's response to these new conditions, however, has been weak, and librarians have not exercised leadership.Librarians speculate, but do not know with certainty, the education, skills, and other competencies required of paraprofessionals, the tasks and levels of authority assigned them, the salaries and staff development incentives offered, or the potential of their contribution.The authors present the results of their 1990 national survey of the role, status, and working conditions of paraprofessionals in two populations, a census of the Association of Research Libraries, and a random sample of the Carnegie Classification libraries.They review the literature, analyze the data results, make recommendations for further research, and propose actions to be taken by the profession.
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“However, for library staff, in particular, change is long overdue, and librarians have not to date been strong advocates for staff.”
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“…between library staff and librarians is another area that may have morale impacts, as the staff takes on librarians’ traditional roles and job tasks, without additional compensation or recognition (Gremmels, 2013; Kreitz & Ogden, 1990; Martin, 2020b; Oberg et al., 1992; Owen, 1997; Zhu, 2012).”
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- Authors
- Oberg, L. R., Mentges, M. E., McDermott, P. N., & Harusadangkul, V.
- Affiliations
- Albion College (US)
- Venue
- College & Research Libraries
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 1992-05-01
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 215-238
- ISSN
- 0010-0870 (ISSN-L)
- 2150-6701
- OpenAlex
- W2097114868
- Cited by
- 43
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 6.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- College & Research Libraries (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Library Science and Information
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Library Science and Administration
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Library Science and Information Literacy
- Keywords
- paraprofessionals, academic libraries, library staff, working conditions, personnel deployment, task allocation, professional status, wages, employee development, library leadership
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