Staffing trends among US online database producers — longitudinal change and growth — 1982–1984

This paper reports results of a two‐phase study of the size and composition of US online database production organizations. All US online database producers were surveyed, in 1982 and 1984, in order to determine the number of personnel employed in the intellectual production of their databases. Comparison of the data for the two periods permitted the identification of employment trends which form the focus of discussion.