The professional development activities of academic librarians: Does institutional support make a difference?

Abstract

Academic libraries provide institutional support for professional development activities in the belief that such support fosters the continuing professional growth of their staff members. A 1991 survey of 185 academic librarians furnished data on the relationships between institutional provision of release time and financial assistance and librarians' participation in various types of professional development activities. Institutional support urns found to be strongly correlated with librarians' activity levels.