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Four Decades of Position Announcements for
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Librarians
in U.S. Academic & Research Libraries:
1970-2009
Jess Alonso-RegaladoUniversity at Albany, SUNY SALALM LV, Providence, RI
July 25, 2010
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Summary of the Study
Update of the research article:Librarian for Latin American and Caribbean Studies in U.S.Academic and Research Libraries: A Content Analysis of Position Announcements, 1970-2007. Full text available at:http://eprints.rclis.org/17799/
Object of study:100 job announcements mentioning collectiondevelopment as a duty and Latin American Studiesas a subject responsibility.
Sources: C&RLNews, SALALM Newsletter, and LALA-L
Methodology: Content analysis
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Position Description Characteristics
Period:
Job title: The most common title was librarian
Institution type: public Universities (64%), private (21%),research/specialized libraries (15%)
Geographic location : The Northeast and South accountedfor 80% of the jobs offered in 2000-2009
1970-1989 1990-1999 2000-2009
25 35 40
24% (1970-89)65% (2000-2009)
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Academic Requirements & Background Knowledge
Master of Library Science: 80% of the job ads required it.63% required an ALA-accredited MLS. 28% would acceptan MLS equivalent.
Advanced degree in a related field:
Adv. degree in LACS or emphasis in this subject: 40% PhD: 19% preferred; but only 1 required.
Knowledge of area publishing trade: Increase as requiredfrom 12% in 1970-1989 to 42.5% in 2000-2009.
1970-1989 2000-2007
14 required or preferred (56% of ads) 28 required or preferred (70% of ads)
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Subject Responsibilities
Most common subject with LACS % of job ads
Iberian Studies 43%
Spanish language and literature 20%
Portuguese language and literature 19%
U.S Latino Studies12%
Latin American and Caribbean Studies: 88% of the jobsrequire it. An additional 12% list specific countries.
1970-1989 1990-1999 2000-20098 18 17
Iberian Studies over time :
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Changing Role - Duties
Evolution of the position from being narrowlyspecialized to being more diversified
The average number of duties per announcementhas increased over time
4.8(1970-89)
6.25(1990-1999)
8 .1(2000-2009)
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General Trends in Job Ads for Subject Librarians
Increased vagueness in subject responsibilities:Examples
will support the curriculum of assigned departmentswill serve as liaison with faculty in assigned subject areas
outreach to faculty/students in academic units as needed
Growing number of subjects:Example Modern Lang. and Cultures Librarian to collaborate with faculty inprograms for Spanish, Chinese, German, Italian, and Japanese.
Increasing number of positions not filled after retirementsand librarians leaving jobs.
Some of these jobs are distributed among librarians who were alreadyin the institution, adding more duties into their job profiles.
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Current & Future Studies
Limitations of the study: Job ads do not necessarilyreflect the actual work experience of individuals
employed in this field.Subject responsibilities can be later.
Survey study of those librarians hired would provide amore accurate picture of the current profile.
As globalization studies gains recognition inacademic programs, how this would affect the scopeof area studies positions?
Example: Global Studies & Foreign Languages LiaisonLibrarian
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Are LACS librarians still needed?
Latin American Studies in the U.S. has grown significantly Number of academic programs
From 120 in 1970 to 202 in 2010 Number of degrees conferred
From 431 in 1970-71 to 825 in 2007-08
Volume of dissertation and thesesFrom 954 in the 70s to 4,705 in the 00s
LACS library subject expertise still needed but growing number of librarians responsible for Latin AmericanStudies WITHOUTbackground in this subject.
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Rub Gutirrez
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