General
A study reported in 1979 of M.L.S. graduates from the University of Toronto between 1972 and 1977 and the University of Western Ontario between 1968-76 living in Canada (sample size: 300 males and 498 females; responding: 172 or 57.3% males and 204 or 40.9% females) showed that, by the second job, 27% of the males compared to 0% of the females were in administrative and related positions; by the third job, 41% of the males and 17% of the females were in administrative and related positions. (Source)
A 1980 survey of randomly selected American Library Association personal members (sample size: 3,000 members; responding: 1,987 or 67.1%, including 1,583 full-time members employed at the time of the survey, which provided the subsample analyzed here) showed that 38.5% of the males compared to 16.2% of the females supervised 5 or more professionals, while 45.1% of the males supervised 5 or more support staff compared to 25.8% females. (Source)
A study of a portion of the COSWL data reported in 1981 involving the responses of 739 personal members (195 men; 544 women) of the American Library Association who were at the time of the study employed in libraries and who had received their professional library degrees prior to 1971 showed thatfewer males than females reported limits to their mobility in terms of job seeking. 69.6% of male directors reported no mobility limits, 54.4% of male middle managers and 57.1% of male librarians/other reported no mobility limits, compared to 47.3% of female directors, 42.4% of female middle managers, and 42.5% of female librarians/other reporting no mobility limits. (Source)
Academic
A 1972 study of U.S. medical school libraries and other large biomedical libraries (collection of 35,000+ volumes and staff of 3 or more) concerning the status of women professionals (survey size: 160 libraries; responding: 143; usable: 140 or 87.5%) showed that overall, of 100 associate librarian positions reported filled, 74.0% were filled by women and 26.0% were filled by men. Further, combining both head and associate head positions indicated that overall 128 (14.3%) of the women in the sample held upper administrative positions, while 105 (40.3%) of the males in the sample held upper administrative positions. (Source)
A 1977 survey of all libraries in U.S. medical schools and U.S. health science libraries holding over 40,000 volumes with staffs of 3 or more (survey size: 149 libraries; responding: 126 or 84.6%) showed that, of the 98 filled associate librarian positions reported in the 1977 survey, 76 (77.6%) were held by women while 22 (22.4%) were held by men. (Source)
Ibid…. showed that, of 28 female heads, 26 (92.9%) had only female associate librarians and 2 (7.1%) had only male associate librarians, while of 53 male heads, 37 (69.8%) had only female associate librarians, 10 (18.9%) had only male associate librarians, and 6 (11.3%) had 1 male and 1 female as associate librarians. (Source)
Special
A survey reported in 1971 of the professional law librarians listed as members of the American Association of Law Libraries (population: not given; response: “approximately 50%,” no number given) showed that, of 426 female respondents, 286 (67.1%) were head law librarians, 76 (17.8%) were assistant head law librarians, 29 (6.8%) were catalogers, and 35 (8.2%) were “other.” (Source)
A 1972 study of U.S. medical school libraries and other large biomedical libraries (collection of 35,000+ volumes and staff of 3 or more) concerning the status of women professionals (survey size: 160 libraries; responding: 143; usable: 140 or 87.5%) showed thatoverall, of 100 associate librarian positions reported filled, 74.0% were filled by women and 26.0% were filled by men. Further, combining both head and associate head positions indicated that overall 128 (14.3%) of the women in the sample held upper administrative positions, while 105 (40.3%) of the males in the sample held upper administrative positions. (Source)
A 1977 survey of all libraries in U.S. medical schools and U.S. health science libraries holding over 40,000 volumes with staffs of 3 or more (survey size: 149 libraries; responding: 126 or 84.6%) showed that, of the 98 filled associate librarian positions reported in the 1977 survey, 76 (77.6%) were held by women while 22 (22.4%) were held by men. (Source)
Ibid…. showed that, of 28 female heads, 26 (92.9%) had only female associate librarians and 2 (7.1%) had only male associate librarians, while of 53 male heads, 37 (69.8%) had only female associate librarians, 10 (18.9%) had only male associate librarians, and 6 (11.3%) had 1 male and 1 female as associate librarians. (Source)
