WILIS
Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science
Partners
WILIS 1
Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science (WILIS) (2005-2008) was designed as a detailed retrospective study of the career patterns of those graduating from LIS programs in North Carolina from 1964-2007. WILIS had two major parts. Part 1 built an in-depth understanding of educational, workplace, career and retention issues faced by LIS graduates using the life course perspective from the social sciences. This part of the research was sited in North Carolina where a full range of LIS program types exist. One of the programs is in a historically Black institution, allowing a focus on minority career and retention issues. Part 2 used the methods developed in Part 1 to generate a transferable model for career tracking of LIS graduates nationally.
WILIS 1 Participating Programs