WILIS I Study Results

 

Research and Technical Reports

WILIS 1 Short Reports

Presentations

Paper 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 presented 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 presented 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 presented at Evidence Based Library and Information Practice International Conference (EBLIP 5) conference, Stockholm, Sweden.

Marshall, J. G. (2009, September). Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science (WILIS): Using an Alumni Survey to Better Prepare Students. Paper presented University of Western Ontario’s Information and Media Studies seminar series, London, Ontario, Canada.

Marshall, J. (2009, October). Library Workforce Challenges in North Carolina. Paper presented at North Carolina Library Association (NCLA) conference, Greenville, NC.

Marshall, J. G., & Thompson, C. A. (2009, December). Library Workforce Issues Now and in the Future. Presented at Aging Workforce Interest Group, UNC Institute on Aging, Chapel Hill, NC.

Posters and Exhibits

Farrar, B., Morgan, J.C., & Owens, I. (2009, September). Meeting the needs of older workers: The Case of Library and Information Science. Poster presented at the UNC Aging Exchange, Chapel Hill, NC.

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.

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.

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.

Thompson, C. A., Morgan, J. C., Marshall, J. G., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2010, June). Women, work and family: balancing responsibilities in the LIS field. Poster presented at Women’s Studies Section Research Poster Session at American Library Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

Thompson, C. A., Morgan, J. C., Marshall, J. G., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2011, April). Women, work and family: balancing responsibilities in the LIS field. Poster presented at UNC Aging Exchange, Chapel Hill, NC.

Walker, S. (2010, March). From science to librarianship career motivation of the scientist-turned-librarian a secondary analysis of WILIS data. 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

Special issues

Marshall, J.G., Solomon, P., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (Eds.). (2009). Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science [special issue]. Library Trends, 58(2).

Marshall, J.G., Rathbun-Grubb, S., Barreau, D., & Morgan, J. C. (Eds.). (2010). Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science, part 2 [special issue]. Library Trends, 59(1-2).

Peer reviewed articles

Marshall, J.G., Solomon, P., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2009). Introduction: Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science. Library Trends, 58(2), 121-126.

Marshall, J.G., Marshall, V. W., Morgan, J. C., Barreau, D., Moran, B. B., Solomon, P., Rathbun-Grubb, S., & Thompson, C. A. (2009). Where are They Now? Results of a Career Survey of Library and Information Science Graduates. Library Trends, 58(2), 141-154.

Morgan, J. C., Marshall, J.G., Marshall, V. W., & Thompson, C.A. (2009). Designing and implementing a career retrospective web-based survey of Library and Information Science Graduates. Library Trends, 58(2), 155-166.

Marshall, V. W., Rathbun-Grubb, S., & Marshall, J. G. (2009). Using the Life Course Perspective to Study Library and Information Science Careers. Library Trends, 58(2), 127-140.

Rathbun-Grubb, S., & Marshall, J. G. (2009). Public Librarianship as a Career: Challenges and Prospects. Library Trends, 58(2), 263-275.

Marshall, J.G., Marshall, V. W., Morgan, J. C., Barreau, D., Moran, B. B., Solomon, P., Rathbun-Grubb, S., & Thompson, C. A. (2009). Where Will They Be in the Future? Implementing a Model for On-Going Career Tracking of Library and Information Science Graduates. Library Trends, 58(2), 301-315.

Morgan, C., & Morgan, J. C. (2009). The Effects of Entering the LIS Workforce in a Recession: North Carolina, 1964-2005. Library Trends, 58(2), 291-300.

Morgan, J. C., Farrar, B., & Owens, I. (2009). Documenting Diversity among Working LIS Graduates. Library Trends, 58(2), 192-214.

Patillo, E., Moran, B. B., Morgan, J. C. (2009). The Job Itself: The Effects of Functional Units             on Work Autonomy among Public and Academic Librarians. Library Trends, 58(2), 276-290.

Solomon, P., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2009). Workforce Planning and the School Library Media Specialist. Library Trends, 58(2), 246-262.

Marshall, J.G., Rathbun-Grubb, S., Barreau, D., & Morgan, J.C. (2010). Introduction: Workforce issues in library and information science, part 2. Library Trends 59(1-2), 1-5.

Moran, B.B., Marshall, J.G., & Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2010).  The Academic Library Workforce: Past, Present, and Future. Library Trends, 59(1-2), 208-219.

Theses

Greenberg, J. L. (2011). Intra-Professional Mobility Between Public and Academic Libraries: An Exploration of Trends and Barriers to Mobility. The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.  Advisor: Ronald E. Bergquist

Rathbun-Grubb, S. (2009). Leaving Librarianship: A Study of the Determinants and Consequences of Occupational Turnover. (Doctoral Dissertation). The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.  Advisor: Joanne Gard Marshall

Walker, S. A. (2010). From Science to Librarianship: Career Motivations of the Scientist-Turned-Librarian. (Master’s Theses). The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.  Advisor: Joanne Gard Marshall.