學科專家館員人才招募研究：以在美國圖書館學會認可之圖書資訊研究所就讀之潛在學科館員爲例

The subject specialists are academic and research librarians withspecialized knowledge, skills, and experience of particular fields. Anemerging shortage of librarians resulting from baby boomers reachingretirement age means that promotion of recruitment is becomingnecessary. This paper describes a U.S.-based study focusing onunderstanding potential subject specialists’ academic backgrounds, theircareer choices and career plans, and factors that attract and influencethem to choose librarianship as a career. Survey and in-depth interviewwere used as data collection methods. Recommendations for recruitmentstrategies are provided.