...John Cullen; Allison Kavanagh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on three periods of library and information service (LIS) recruitment data collected over a six‐year timeframe with the aim of developing a tool for indexing change in the recruitment and labour market for workers...

... in recent years. The research also investigated “emerging” information labour market positions, described by Willard and Mychalyn (1998) as the: … broad range of information management positions which are not part of the established LIS field or the information‐handling component of other...

...Anne Goulding; Evelyn Kerslake Flexible workers are a growing part of the library and information sector, as they are in the service sector generally. Yet their specific needs and requirements have been greatly ignored. Outlines increasing flexibility in the labour market generally and discusses...

... of the profession, and exploiting alternative sources of labour. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Demographics Labour market Libraries Training LIBRARY MANAGEMENT DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL TRENDS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INFORMATION PROFESSION PART 2: IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATORS AND EMPLOYERS Sarah Jackson...