Publish or perish: A dilemma for academic librarians?

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This study examines the influence of scholarly requirements on librarians' ability to earn tenure or continuous employment. After a literature review, the authors present the results of a survey of research, doctoral, and master's-level institutions. Of the 690 responding institutions, 54.3 percent employ tenure-track librarians. Of these, more than 60 percent require some scholarship and 34.6 percent encourage it. At these 374 institutions, 92.2 percent of librarians who underwent tenure review during a three-year period were approved. The authors summarize survey information on librarians not granted tenure as well as those believed by directors to have resigned to avoid tenure review.

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Mitchell, W. B., & Reichel, M. (1999). Publish or perish: A dilemma for academic librarians? College and Research Libraries, 60(3), 232–243. https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.60.3.232

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