Recruiting and Retaining Library IT People - What We Learned

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2016-10-25

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Abstract

Power Point presentation delivered to the 2016 edUi Conference, a program of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, providing analysis of survey results on the topic of recruitment and retention of library information technology staff in the United States and Canada. Presentation focuses on the factors that influenced respondents decisions to accept, as well as to stay or leave, their current position. Session concludes with advice for hiring managers and supervisors on attracting and maintaining a diverse library IT workforce.