Three Rs Retirement, Retention, and Recruitment：三年退休保留招聘

1、three rs: retirement, retention, and recruitment the future of librarianship in coloradoretirement, retention, & recruitment: the future of librarianship in coloradolibrary research service keith curry lance, director nicolle steffen, associate director becky russell, senior research analyst zet

2、h lietzau, senior research analystpartners & sponsors colorado association of libraries - madcal colorado state library university of denverthe challengeto take the temperature of librarianshipin colorado who is retiring? who is staying? who is choosing librarianship? why? when? project timeline

3、 may 2003 funded by lsta statewide leadership project summer 2003 advisory board convened, questionnaire crafted & pre-tested fall 2003 survey promoted & administered winter/spring 2004 data analyzed summer/fall 2004 final report written fall 2004/winter 2005 - disseminationmethodology onlin

4、e survey audience all library personnel every part of the state all types of libraries branching survey 3rs retirement retention recruitmentquestionnairedemographic& general questionsscreening questionrecruitment -paraprofessionals not retiring in the next 5 yearsrecruitment -lis studentsretenti

5、onincumbent librarians not retiring in the next 5 yearsretirementlibrarians & paraprofessionals retiring in the next 5 yearsresponse rate 1,241 colorado librarians paraprofessionals, & lis students(26% of audience) 45% credentialed librarians 55% paraprofessionals public libraries somewhat o

6、ver represented predominately white, women, over 30retirement librarians of 571 responding librarians, 122 plan to retire within 5 years more than 1 in 5 paraprofessionals of the 643 respondents, 94 plan to retire within 5 years 1 in 7 retiring in 5 yearsretirement librariansage 71% - 55 or older 29

7、% - 45 to 54 significant number of retirees are younger than traditional retirement ageretirement librariansretirement librariansdistribution of years of library employmentretirement librarians experience 3 in 5 have 20+ years of library experience 1 in 4 have 11 20 years library experience 3 in 4 a

8、re supervisorsretirement librariansarea of primary responsibility in current positionretirement librariansprimary responsibility 2 in 5 are generalists 1 in 5 is an administrator 1 in 6 is in public service 1 in 10 is in technical services significant institutional and professional knowledge will be

9、 lostretirement librariansjob future after these librarians retire1 in 5 expects job to be combined with another job or eliminatedalmost 1 in 5 expects job qualifications to be lowered retention incumbent librarians were the largest group of respondents (n = 525, or 42% of sample) retaining incumben

10、t librarians as important as recruiting new onesretention librariansage only 5% of incumbent librarians are under age 30 63% are over 45experience 1/4 have worked in libraries 5 years or lessretention librariansdistribution by ageretention librariansdistribution by years of library employmentretenti

11、on librariansprimary responsibility 1 in 3 is a generalist or in public services 1 in 6 is an administrator 1 in 10 is in technical services 70% have supervisory responsibilitiesretention librariansjob future if these librarians leave their current jobs 1 in 6 expects position to either be combined/

12、 reorganized with another or eliminated altogether 1 in 14 expects lower educational requirements for job eastern plains librarians more likely to expect their jobs will be eliminated than peers in other regionsretention librariansresidence 3 in 4 expect to stay in cobut academic librarians least li

13、kely to limit themselves to colorado younger librarians most likely to leaveretention librarianscareer change as many as 1 in 10 plan to leave librarianship librarians 30-44 more likely to contemplate leaving librarianship top fields of interest: business, education, & technologyrecruitment stud

14、ents mls or school library media (17%) paraprofessionals work in libraries in various capacities, not credentialed, & not retiring in the next 5 years (83%)recruitment studentsage only 16% under age 30 1/3 over age 45experience 3/4 have some previous library work experience (1/4 have 6 or more y

15、ears)recruitment studentsdistribution by agerecruitment studentsdistribution of years of library employmentrecruitment - paraprofessionals proportionally, paraprofessionals mostapt to consider pursuing a librarydegree are located in mountain & western slope communities youngerrecruitment - parap

16、rofessionalsencouraged to pursue a library degree by availability of financial aid access to online classes convenient class location & schedule flexible work schedulerecruitment - paraprofessionalstop 5 reasons for not pursuing alibrary degree1. not necessary in current position2. financial con

17、straints3. satisfied with current position4. time constraints5. would not improve compensationrecruitment - paraprofessionalsnon-metro residents were more than twice as likely to be discouraged from pursuing a library degree by inconveniently located educational institutions more encouraged by acces

18、s to online classes (74% non-metro v. 49% metro)why librarianship?what makes librarianship an attractiveprofession? according to all respondents1. service to others2. love of books or reading3. intellectual challenge4. variety of work experiences5. working with interesting peoplewhy not librarianshi

19、p?what most discourages a career inlibrarianship?according to all respondents1. low financial compensation 2. misconceptions about what librarians do3. negative stereotypes about librariansrecommendations colorado state library & colorado library consortium (including colab) advocate for librari

20、anship promote leadership development provide small & medium sized libraries with human resources support professional organizations contact elected officials to advocate for libraries sponsor conferences & workshops produce professional publications confer awardsrecommendations libraries & decision makers recruit, hire, & support cred