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Non-Librarians in the Academic Library

Margo C. Trumpeter

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This article explores some differences between a group of people working professionally in academic libraries who do not regard themselves as librarians and an individually matched group of librarians who do identify with the profession.The differences explored are: salaries, education (both professional and non-library), non-library associational affiliations, fulfillment of career expectations, and position classification.The results are regarded in terms of David Weber's

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This article explores some differences between a group of people working professionally in academic libraries who do not regard themselves as librarians and an individually matched group of librarians who do identify with the profession.The differences explored are: salaries, education (both professional and non-library), non-library associational affiliations, fulfillment of career expectations, and position classification.The results are regarded in terms of David Weber's

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This article explores some differences between a group of people working professionally in academic libraries who do not regard themselves as librarians and an individually matched group of librarians who do identify with the profession.The differences explored are: salaries, education (both professional and non-library), non-library associational affiliations, fulfillment of career expectations, and position classification.The results are regarded in terms of David Weber's

Key concepts: Academic library, Library instruction, Library science, Computer science, Resource Description and Access, World Wide Web, Information retrieval, Library catalog

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