Article in the current issue of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship

Preparing Science Librarians for Success: An Evaluation of Position Advertisements and Recommendations for Library Science Curricula

http://www.istl.org/09-fall/article1.html

Some points made:

• Only 40% required a subject specific bachelors degree, except 83% of all chemistry positions did


• Only 29% required a 2nd masters degree or PhD (I have observed that to get tenure a librarian must get a 2nd masters degree, thus many entry level librarians are seeking that degree


• There is no consensus in the literature as to whether a science background should be required for a science librarian position.