Technological innovation and job satisfaction for Level I Carnegie Research University library professionals

High levels of job satisfaction promote more positive relationships in the work environment and very likely increase performance levels. Promotional opportunities and increased salaries generally surface as major determinants of job satisfaction, but the burgeoning technology of information systems crowds them for status. New challenges for both manager and worker result in considerable implications for job satisfaction.; The university library, in its role as the center of information services on campuses, represents one work setting particularly affected by the rapid pace of technological changes. The library employee must cope with daily changes in information technology innovations. Do these changes in the work place affect job satisfaction for academic library professionals? Since people resist change, do technological changes in the academic library professional's job brought about by necessary automation cause a significant increase or decrease in job satisfaction? A stratified random sample from library professionals employed at 36 of the 70 Level I Carnegie Research Universities allowed using the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) to examine technological innovation and job satisfaction. Combined with demographic questions, the result formed a depiction of the job satisfaction status for library professionals in these research institutions.; The results of this study revealed that almost 60% felt adequately prepared after receiving the electronic resources training available at their institutions. The remaining professionals did not feel prepared even though they received more training and spent more hours training others. This remaining 40% primarily stems from technical services and public services library professionals. Additional results conclude that formal training and years of library professional experience represent strong predictors of job satisfaction.