University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Information and Library Science

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Library and Information Science will partner with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute on Aging to conduct a research project designed to study the career patterns of graduates of library and information science (LIS) programs by building an in-depth understanding of educational, workplace, career, and retention issues faced by LIS graduates. This part of the research will be sited in North Carolina, where a full range of LIS program types exist, including one that is in a historically black institution to allow for a focus on minority career and retention issues. The methods developed through this research will be used to generate a transferable model for career tracking of LIS graduates nationally. Match: $250,650