Comments on: statistics and such http://librariesinteract.info/2006/08/03/statistics-and-such/ Blog central for Australasian Libraries Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:23:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: matthias http://librariesinteract.info/2006/08/03/statistics-and-such/comment-page-1/#comment-188 matthias Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:43:42 +0000 http://librariesinteract.info/2006/08/03/statistics-and-such/#comment-188 At 25, I certainly feel my age, working as a librarian. The only staff members in my library that are younger than me are the after-hours casuals. At 25, I certainly feel my age, working as a librarian. The only staff members in my library that are younger than me are the after-hours casuals.

]]> By: Hoi http://librariesinteract.info/2006/08/03/statistics-and-such/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Hoi Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:49:39 +0000 http://librariesinteract.info/2006/08/03/statistics-and-such/#comment-176 There are so many librarians I know who are working as a clerk because of the lack of jobs, I wonder if anyone look into this issue. There are so many librarians I know who are working as a clerk because of the lack of jobs, I wonder if anyone look into this issue.

]]> By: Sirexkat http://librariesinteract.info/2006/08/03/statistics-and-such/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Sirexkat Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:04:56 +0000 http://librariesinteract.info/2006/08/03/statistics-and-such/#comment-171 What amazes me is the age breakdown. I knew that at 38 I was relatively young in my library, but I didn't think the lack of young librarians was so severe. I wonder who will be looking after libraries in the future, because it looks like there won't be enough librarians to go around: http://jobsearch.gov.au/joboutlook/default.aspx?pageId=KeyInfo3&AscoCode=2292#age What amazes me is the age breakdown. I knew that at 38 I was relatively young in my library, but I didn’t think the lack of young librarians was so severe.

I wonder who will be looking after libraries in the future, because it looks like there won’t be enough librarians to go around:
http://jobsearch.gov.au/joboutlook/default.aspx?pageId=KeyInfo3&AscoCode=2292#age

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