Three Rs Retirement, Retention, and Recruitmnt三年退休，保留，和招聘.pptVIP

Three Rs: Retirement, Retention, and Recruitment The Future of Librarianship in Colorado Retirement, Retention, Recruitment: The Future of Librarianship in Colorado Library Research Service Keith Curry Lance, Director Nicolle Steffen, Associate Director Becky Russell, Senior Research Analyst Zeth Lietzau, Senior Research Analyst Partners Sponsors Colorado Association of Libraries - MADCAL Colorado State Library University of Denver The Challenge To take the temperature of librarianship in Colorado Who is retiring? Who is staying? Who is choosing librarianship? Why? When? Project Timeline May 2003 – funded by LSTA Statewide Leadership Project Summer 2003 – advisory board convened, questionnaire crafted pre-tested Fall 2003 – survey promoted administered Winter/Spring 2004 – data analyzed Summer/Fall 2004 – final report written Fall 2004/Winter 2005 - dissemination Methodology Online survey Audience All library personnel Every part of the state All types of libraries Branching survey – 3Rs Retirement Retention Recruitment Questionnaire Response Rate 1,241 Colorado librarians paraprofessionals, LIS students (26% of audience) 45% credentialed librarians 55% paraprofessionals Public libraries somewhat over represented Predominately white, women, over 30 Retirement Librarians Of 571 responding librarians, 122 plan to retire within 5 years More than 1 in 5 Paraprofessionals Of the 643 respondents, 94 plan to retire within 5 years 1 in 7 retiring in 5 years Retirement – Librarians Age 71% - 55 or older 29% - 45 to 54 Significant number of retirees are younger than traditional retirement age Retirement – Librarians Retirement – Librarians Retirement – Librarians Experience 3 in 5 have 20+ years of library experience 1 in 4 have 11 – 20 years library experience 3 in 4 are supervisors Retirement – Librarians Retirement – Librarians Primary Responsibility 2 in 5 are generalists 1 in 5 is an administrator 1 in 6 is in public service 1 in 10 is in technica