在各个图书馆的劳动力方面,我们或许已经进入了一个空前稳定的时期。相对而言,中高级的图书馆管理职位几乎没有空缺,就是在有空缺的时候,也往往很难有效地从馆外待聘人员。另外,劳动力正在老化,而绝大多数美国人还要过许多年才退休。虽然他们工作的性质有所改变,但很多图书馆员都牢牢地占据着自己的职位。美国的图书馆不再具有先前那种自动进行自我更新的水平了,这种情况通常发生在更换主要管理人员的时候。经费来源的不断缩减使情况更加恶化,阻碍着创新工作的发展。这些 We may have entered an unprecedented period of stability in the labor force of various libraries. Relatively speaking, there are almost no vacancies in senior and middle-level library management positions, that is, it is often difficult to effectively recruit staff from outside the museum when vacancies are available. In addition, the workforce is aging, and the vast majority of Americans still have many years to retire. Although the nature of their work has changed, many librarians firmly occupy their positions. American libraries no longer have the same level of automatic self-renewal as was often the case with key managers. The shrinking sources of funding have exacerbated the situation and hindered the development of innovative work. These ones