Exploring the LIS Academic Labor Market in China: A Supply and Demand Analysis

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Main Authors: Tian, Ye, Chen, Kuang-Hua, Yang, TianTian
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Published: 2023
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author Tian, Ye
Chen, Kuang-Hua
Yang, TianTian
author_facet Tian, Ye
Chen, Kuang-Hua
Yang, TianTian
Tian, Ye
Chen, Kuang-Hua
Yang, TianTian
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contents Exploring the LIS Academic Labor Market in China: A Supply and Demand Analysis Tian, Ye Chen, Kuang-Hua Yang, TianTian Foreign Countries Library Science Labor Market College Faculty Employment Opportunities Temporary Employment Institutional Characteristics Reputation Doctoral Students Transfer of Training Supply and Demand Labor Needs Librarians This paper presents an empirical analysis of the supply-and-demand dynamics in the library and information science (LIS) academic market in China. This analysis is based on a broad concept of academic market and large-scale labor-market data. The authors find a shift in faculty positions, in which traditional positions in universities and research institutions have been replaced with relatively new, temporary academic positions, such as contract-based positions, research librarians, and army lecturers. In addition, they speculate that institutional prestige contributes to a structural mismatch in the Chinese LIS market. Confronted with a changing academic job market, LIS institutions and associations need to strengthen the training of doctoral students' transferable skills to improve their entry into the academic market. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first attempt to investigate the supply and demand of the LIS academic market in China, which can provide a reference for the global LIS academic community.
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spellingShingle Exploring the LIS Academic Labor Market in China: A Supply and Demand Analysis
Tian, Ye
Chen, Kuang-Hua
Yang, TianTian
Foreign Countries
Library Science
Labor Market
College Faculty
Employment Opportunities
Temporary Employment
Institutional Characteristics
Reputation
Doctoral Students
Transfer of Training
Supply and Demand
Labor Needs
Librarians
Exploring the LIS Academic Labor Market in China: A Supply and Demand Analysis Tian, Ye Chen, Kuang-Hua Yang, TianTian Foreign Countries Library Science Labor Market College Faculty Employment Opportunities Temporary Employment Institutional Characteristics Reputation Doctoral Students Transfer of Training Supply and Demand Labor Needs Librarians This paper presents an empirical analysis of the supply-and-demand dynamics in the library and information science (LIS) academic market in China. This analysis is based on a broad concept of academic market and large-scale labor-market data. The authors find a shift in faculty positions, in which traditional positions in universities and research institutions have been replaced with relatively new, temporary academic positions, such as contract-based positions, research librarians, and army lecturers. In addition, they speculate that institutional prestige contributes to a structural mismatch in the Chinese LIS market. Confronted with a changing academic job market, LIS institutions and associations need to strengthen the training of doctoral students' transferable skills to improve their entry into the academic market. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first attempt to investigate the supply and demand of the LIS academic market in China, which can provide a reference for the global LIS academic community.
title Exploring the LIS Academic Labor Market in China: A Supply and Demand Analysis
topic Foreign Countries
Library Science
Labor Market
College Faculty
Employment Opportunities
Temporary Employment
Institutional Characteristics
Reputation
Doctoral Students
Transfer of Training
Supply and Demand
Labor Needs
Librarians
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1397590