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Job Power: Career Management Resources for Librarians
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JOB POWER
THESE ARE BLEAK TIMES IN THE JOB MARKET FOR INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS. Layoffs across all industries, aging librarians who were heading for retirement but can't because of the economic downturn, more and more computerized information storage and retrieval systems "replacing" us, the increase in new graduates working in temporary jobs, drops as high as 73 percent in the number of placement listings at library schools-these are all factors. The 2002 Occupational Outlook Handbook says that employment for librarians is expected to grow more slowly than the average of all occupations between 2000 and 2010.
But are these really such bleak times? Is there any light at …
