Librarians in US – 25% or less would be hirable

This anonymous interview is with an academic librarian who has been a member of a hiring or search committee. This person hires the following types of LIS professionals:

Subject specialists, research librarians, catalogers, digital librarians, archivists.

This librarian works at a library with 10-50 staff members in a rural area in the Northeastern US.

Approximately how many people applied for the last librarian (or other professional level) job at your workplace?

√ 75-100

Approximately what percentage of those would you say were hirable?

√ 25% or less

And how would you define “hirable”?

Meets all required and some preferred qualifications.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at The glutted librarian labor market results in more competitive search processes | Hiring Librarians.