{"id":782,"date":"2015-02-14T17:05:31","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T17:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ddce.utexas.edu\/aamri\/?p=782"},"modified":"2015-02-14T17:05:31","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T17:05:31","slug":"the-african-american-male-librarian-motivational-factors-in-choosing-a-career-in-library-and-information-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/the-african-american-male-librarian-motivational-factors-in-choosing-a-career-in-library-and-information-science\/","title":{"rendered":"The African American Male Librarian: Motivational Factors in Choosing a Career in Library and Information Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Davis-Kendrick, K. D. (2009). The African American Male Librarian: Motivational Factors in Choosing a Career in Library and Information Science.\u00a0<em>Behavioral &amp; Social Sciences Librarian<\/em>,\u00a028(1-2), 23-52.<\/p>\n<p>A recent American Library Association (ALA) report has shown that less than 1% of credentialed librarians are African American males. This article discusses possible reasons for this dearth; and, in an effort to inform future LIS recruiting and marketing campaigns, the included study attempted to discover which factors lead African American males to choose to pursue a graduate degree in library and information science (LIS) and practice LIS as a career. The study also canvassed African American male librarians&#8217; views on gender advantage in LIS, their career goals, perceived triumphs and challenges in LIS, and level of job satisfaction. (Contains 6 figures.)<\/p>\n<p>Full article can be found here:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/01639260902862066<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Davis-Kendrick, K. D. (2009). The African American Male Librarian: Motivational Factors in Choosing a Career in Library and Information Science.\u00a0Behavioral &amp; Social Sciences Librarian,\u00a028(1-2), 23-52. A recent American Library Association (ALA) report has shown that less than 1% of credentialed librarians are African American males. This article discusses possible reasons&hellip;&nbsp;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/the-african-american-male-librarian-motivational-factors-in-choosing-a-career-in-library-and-information-science\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"underline\">read more<\/span>&nbsp;<i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[10,811,812,813],"class_list":{"0":"post-782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-occupationeducation-oe","7":"tag-10","8":"tag-career-goals","9":"tag-kaetreena-davis-kendrick","10":"tag-librarians","11":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}