Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
Date of this Version
2007
Document Type
Article
Citation
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2007) 25
doi: 10.3998/tia.17063888.0025.025
Abstract
Nationwide, tire number of available faculty positions represents only a fraction of the master’s and doctoral degrees granted each year. Fortunately, faculty positions are available in academic librarianship, which is experiencing a decline in qualified applicants. A pioneering collaboration between a graduate student professional development program and an academic library has created a fellowship program that allows master’s and doctoral students to consider careers in academic librarianship through mentored fellowships. Initial results show that participants intend to pursue librarianship as an academic career in which to use and expand their advanced subject and/or language expertise.
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Comments
License: CC BY-NC-ND