WILIS Project Preliminary Results

The Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science (WILIS) study is a major research project happening at the University of North Carolina. 

Here's a blurb from their web site's “About Us” page:

Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science (WILIS)
project is designed to study the career patterns of graduates of LIS
programs. In general, LIS programs have lacked the time and resources
to track their graduates. As a result, stakeholders do not have an
adequate understanding of what happens to LIS graduates over the long
term. LIS educators, in particular, do not have consistent data on the
extent to which their programs meet students’ expectations, prepare
them for the workplace or meet continuing learning needs. Such an
understanding would assist in educating and managing the LIS workforce
more effectively.”


The University of Western Ontario is one of the participating schools and I was one of the grads asked to take the survey which I did tonight. 

Preliminary results from the project are now online if you're curious.   

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