... retiring or leaving the profession prematurely. Design/methodology/approach This paper involved performing a review of the literature to assess recruitment and retention strategies of individuals from underrepresented groups within the LIS profession. Findings This article examines the problems...

... available to them and general agreement with positive workplace environment statements; however, administrators were substantially more satisfied than employees in other positions. Few indicated that their libraries had adopted a formal retention program, implying that the reported retention strategies...

..., Chapter 24 was for me the most useful – “X‐ers and other generations”. We are all aware of the terms associated with the different generations but how many of us have really thought about the real differences between them and how important it is for both recruitment and retention of staff? This chapter...

... and data were collected concerning recruitment and retention. The results indicate a high level of variation in attitudes and practices. There is evidence that some authorities that have career development initiatives are twice as likely to be actively recruiting candidates, and a statistically significant...