Study Results

Research and Technical Reports

WILIS 1 Short Reports

WILIS 1 Full Career Survey Toolkit
If you are a dean, director or chair of an LIS program, this toolkit provides practical advice to help you and your faculty better plan and implement a detailed retrospective study of the career patterns of your graduates.

Presentations

Marshall, J. G. (2006, October). Overview of the Workforce Issues in Library & Information Science (WILIS) project. Paper presented at the North Carolina Conference on Aging, Research Triangle Park, NC.

Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2007, May) Why librarians leave: A proposal to study the factors that influence librarians to exit the profession. Paper presentation at the Evidence Based Library and Information Practice International Conference (EBLIP 4) conference, Durham, NC.

Marshall, J. G. (2007, October) Overview of the WILIS project and the aging workforce. Paper presented at the North Carolina Central University Diversity Fellows conference, Durham, NC.

Marshall, J. G., Marshall, V. W., Morgan, J. C., Thompson, C. A., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2007, October). Careers of library and information science graduates: Preliminary results from the WILIS study. Paper presented at the Library Research Seminar IV, London, Ontario.

Marshall, J. G., Marshall, V. W., Morgan, J. C., Thompson, C. A., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2007, September). Transitions in the careers of North Carolina librarians: Preliminary results from the WILIS study. Paper presented at the North Carolina Conference on Aging, Winston Salem, NC.

Marshall, J. G., Marshall, V. M., Morgan, J. C., Barreau, D., Moran, B., Solomon, P., Winston, M., Thompson, C. A., Borasky, D., Rathbun-Grubb, S., & Morgan, C. (2008, January). Careers of Library and Information Science Graduates: Preliminary Reports from the WILIS Studies. Paper presented at the Council of Deans and Directors at the Association of Library and Information Science Education’s Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Marshall, J. G., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2008, April). What happens to SILS graduates? Preliminary results from the WILIS study. Paper presented at UNC School of Information and Library Science Colloquium Series, Chapel Hill, NC.

Marshall, J. G., Marshall, V. W., Morgan, J. C., Thompson, C. A., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2008, May). Canary in the mine: Results from the Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science study. Paper presented at UNC Institute on Aging Seminar Series, Chapel Hill, NC.

Marshall, J. G., Marshall, V. W., Morgan, J. C., Barreau, D., Moran, B. B., & Solomon, P. (2008, June). Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science (WILIS): Preliminary Findings from a Career Tracking Study of LIS Graduates. Paper presented at The Library Research Roundtable at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA.

Marshall, J. G. (2008, October). Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science (WILIS): Preliminary Findings from a Career Tracking Study of LIS Graduates. Paper presented at Canadian Library Association’s Workforce Summit, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Marshall, J. G., Rathbun-Grubb, S., Marshall, V. W., & Morgan, J. C. (2008, October). Workforce Aging and Retention Issues for Library and Information Science Graduates. Paper (three paper symposium) presented at the North Carolina Conference on Aging. Greenville, NC.

Morgan, J. C., & Konrad, T. R. (2008, October). Workforce Aging and Retention Issues for Frontline Health and Healthcare Workers. Paper (three paper symposium) presented at the North Carolina Conference on Aging. Greenville, NC.

Morgan, J. C., Rathbun-Grubb, S., & Thompson, C. T. (2008, October). Themes in Workforce Aging and Retention Issues for Two Feminized Occupations. Paper (three paper symposium)  presented at the North Carolina Conference on Aging. Greenville, NC.

Morgan, J. C., Marshall, J. G., & Marshall, V. W. (2008, November). Age and the Meaning of Work: Facing Demographic Change in One Feminized Occupation. Paper presented at the Gerontological Society of America Meetings, National Harbor, MD.

Marshall, J. G., Morgan, J. C., Marshall, V. M., Barreau, D., Moran, B., Solomon, P., Rathbun-Grubb, S., & Thompson, C. A. (2009, January). Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science (WILIS): Using an Alumni Survey to Better Prepare Students in the Digital Age. Paper presented at Association of Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

Marshall, J. G. (2009, January). Issues in Libraries and Higher Education. Paper presented at North Carolina State University Libraries Forum, Raleigh, NC.

Moran, B. B., Solomon, P., Barreau, D., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2009, March). Where Have All the Librarians Gone? The Academic Library Workforce of Today and Tomorrow. Paper presented at the Association for College and Research Libraries National Conference, Seattle, WA.

Patillo, E. J. (2009, April). The job itself: The effects of functional units on work autonomy among public and academic librarians. Paper presented at UNC School of Information and Library Science Doctoral Seminar Series, Chapel Hill, NC.

Barreau, D., Marshall, J. G., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2009, June). The Changing Terrain of Special Librarianship: A Report from the Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science (WILIS) Study. Paper accepted for presentation at the Special Libraries Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

Marshall, J. (2009, June). An Evidence-Based Approach to Studying Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science (WILIS). Paper accepted for presentation at Evidence Based Library and Information Practice International Conference (EBLIP 5) conference, Stockholm, Sweden.

Posters and Exhibits

Marshall, J. G., Marshall, V. M., Barreau, D., Moran, B., Solomon, P. Madden, A., & Morgan, J. C. (2006, May). Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science. Poster session presented at Annual Conference of the Library Association of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

Marshall, J. G., Morgan, J. C., Madden, A., Thompson, C. A., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2007, May). Where are they now? A study of careers of library and information science graduates. Poster session presented at the EBLIP4 conference, Chapel Hill, NC.

Marshall, J. G., & Moran, B. B. (2007, October). Workforce issues in library & information science (WILIS). Booth at the North Carolina Library Association Biennial Conference, Hickory, NC.

Marshall, J. G., Morgan, J. C., Marshall, V. W., Barreau, D., Moran, B. B., Solomon, P., Thompson, C. A., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2008, October). Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science 2 (WILIS 2): Implementing a Model for Career Tracking of LIS Graduates. Poster session presented at the UNC Aging Exchange, Chapel Hill, NC.

Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2008, October). Leaving Librarianship: Turnover and Retention in an Aging Library Workforce. Poster session presented at the UNC Aging Exchange, Chapel Hill, NC.

Marshall, J. G., Morgan, J. C., Marshall, V. W., Barreau, D., Moran, B. B., Solomon, P., Thompson, C. A., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2009, January). Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science 2 (WILIS 2): Implementing a Model for Career Tracking of LIS Graduates. Poster presented at the Works in Progress Poster Session at Association of Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2009, January). Leaving Librarianship: Career Paths of Librarians Who Exit the Profession. Poster presented at the Works in Progress Poster Session at Association of Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

Marshall, J. G., Morgan, J. C., Marshall, V. W., Barreau, D., Moran, B. B., Solomon, P., Thompson, C. A., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2009, February). Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science 2 (WILIS 2): Implementing a Model for Career Tracking of LIS Graduates. Poster presented at the iSchools Annual Conference, Chapel Hill, NC.

Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2009, February). What happens to iSchool graduates? Using career data to support iSchool engagement initiatives. Poster presented at the iSchools Annual Conference, Chapel Hill, NC.

Marshall, J. G., Morgan, J. C., Marshall, V. W., Barreau, D., Moran, B. B., Solomon, P., Thompson, C. A., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2009, May). Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science 2 (WILIS 2): Implementing a Model for Career Tracking of LIS Graduates. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Library Association of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Proceedings

Marshall, J. G., Morgan, J. C., Marshall, V. M., Barreau, D., Moran, B., Solomon, P., Rathbun-Grubb, S., & Thompson, C. A. (2009). Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science (WILIS): Using an Alumni Survey to Better Prepare Students in the Digital Age. Proceedings of the Association of Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Denver, CO. Abstract available at http://blogs.iis.syr.edu/alise.

Moran, B., Solomon, P., Marshall, J. G., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2009).What Today’s Academic Librarians Can  Tell Us About Recruiting and Retaining the Library Workforce of Tomorrow: Lessons Learned from the WILIS 1 Study. Proceedings of the Association for College and Research Libraries National Conference, Seattle, WA.

Barreau, D., Marshall, J. G., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2009). The Changing Terrain of Special Librarianship: A Report from the Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science (WILIS) study. Proceedings of the Special Library Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC. Available at http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2009/WILIS_SLApaper.pdf

Publications

In preparation

Grants

2005-2008 Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science: Developing a Model for Career Tracking of LIS Graduates. Institute of Museum and Library Services. Principal Investigator: JG Marshall. Co-investigators: D Barreau, T Konrad, V Marshall, B Moran, J Craft Morgan, P Solomon.

2007-2010 Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science 2 (WILIS 2): Implementing a Model for Career Tracking of LIS Graduates . Institute of Museum and Library Services. Principal Investigator: JG Marshall. Co-investigators: D Barreau, V Marshall, B Moran, J Craft Morgan, P Solomon, M Winston.

 

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