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Have Academic Library Staffing Numbers Really Declined That Much Over the Past Decade?

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FEBRUARY 12, 2023

I did not do enough research to answer the questions I was posing. The idea that academic library budgets are fungible shows ignorance of how these budgets work. Even if we start looking at 2013 compared to 2020, the decline in library staffing appears large. Again, fair criticism. What is going on?

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Have Academic Library Staffing Numbers Really Declined That Much Over the Past Decade?

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