The study presents detailed data about academic library hiring plans for MLS/MLIS grads and for information technology specialists (without a specific library science degree) for the upcoming year; it also presents this data for the past year. In addition, the study offers the opinion of 96 library directors, provosts and deans about how they view the quality of graduate library programs and what skill areas they feel current grads excel and in which areas they are lacking. The study also details those skill areas which today's academic library leadership finds difficult to find in the current library labor market. In addition to detailed data on plans to hire MLS/MLIS grads, the study provides specific data on the recent past and future plans to hire information technology specialists without a library science degree.