A Diminishing Profession

Excerpt from an interview at the,Hiring Librarians, blog, July 2015

How many permanent, full time para-professional (or other non-professional level) jobs has your workplace posted in the last year?
√ 3-4

How many permanent, full time librarian (or other professional level) jobs has your workplace posted in the last year?
√ 1

Can you tell us how the number of permanent, full-time librarian positions at your workplace has changed over the past decade?
√ There are fewer positions

Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with para-professional workers over the past decade?
√ Yes