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Our Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science (WILIS) research group at UNC has done a number of IMLS funded studies on graduates that you can find
out more about in Library Trends Fall 2009 and Fall 2010 issues. The second phase of the WILIS research was a survey of recent grads that 39 LIS programs participated in. Each program received a copy of its own results and the results of the full study for
benchmarking purposes. We are currently working on archiving the data from the WILIS1 in-depth study of NC LIS grads from 1964-2007 and the WILIS2 study of recent grads of 39 programs. Part of this work includes developing a guide for LIS researchers who
want to archive their study data for future use.
We are currently updating the study website and putting it on WordPress so the link to the survey with the questions may be temporarily unavailable but that
will be fixed soon. The study manual with all the details of the recruitment, ,marketing and data collection are also available on the website at
www.wilis.edu
We hope that there will be an interest in continuing this shared approach to tracking alumni so that all LIS programs can benefit in the future. If anyone
is interested, please contact me so that we can continue the discussion.
Joanne Marshall
Alumni Distinguished Professor
School of Information and Library Science
UNC Chapel Hill
rom: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of John Bertot
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 5:12 PM
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Subject: MLS graduate placement data
Hi all:
I wonder if any of you might be able to help. If your program collects placement data from recent graduates, would you mind sharing the questions asked and approach(es) taken to collecting the data?
Many thanks,
John
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John Carlo Bertot, Ph.D.
Professor and Co-Director
Information Policy & Access Center
College of Information Studies
University of Maryland
4105 Hornbake Building, South Wing
College Park, MD 20742
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