A brief review of the increasing need for library services to Hispanics includes reviews of two useful references. It is pointed out that library schools and the American Library Association can play a crucial role in providing quality library services for the Spanish-speaking, and programs at several library schools are mentioned. (LLS)

Ten criteria for evaluating a Library-College which represent composites of the standards by which regional accrediting agencies evaluate quality in education are presented. (NH)

Discusses the role of the media librarian in promoting media utilization and describes the major assignment of a hypothetical library school course designed to explore the nature and purpose of media. (EJS)

The contributions made by Catholic institutions of higher education to the development of the total educational process for librarians and the prospects for the 1980's are explored. (5 references) (NH)

Discusses the role of the media librarian in the transition from print-awareness to media-awareness, pointing out the media skills they need and the lack of instruction in these skills in library schools. (EJS)

This essay presents a professional librarian's opinion on a many-sided subject. Highlights include lack of attention to school library media specialists and their needs by library schools and the role of the school library media specialist in the educational process. Ten readers' responses are included. Eleven references are listed. (EJS)

Discusses changes in information management and their effects on technical services librarians. Topics discussed include changes at the Library of Congress; the development of national and international bibliographic systems; expansion of local library catalogs; commercial full text databases for end users; new roles for professional librarians;…

Views problems facing school librarians and discusses media courses which library schools should offer to meet current demands made of media specialists. Competency-based education leading to certification and courses necessary to provide basic skills of librarianship are also discussed. Fourteen references are provided. (EJS)

Discusses distance education partnering strategies between faculty and academic librarians based on experiences at Louisiana State University (LSU). Highlights include the distance education program at LSU's library school; systems theory; supporting students for effective learning; supporting faculty for effective teaching; skills and abilities…

Offers a view of the ongoing efforts in all academic fields to maintain the proper balance between theory and practice in the teaching of cataloging in library schools, based upon a survey of faculty in accredited institutions. (FM)

Addresses four issues: (1) whether the library school should concentrate on the library as an institution or on the skills and science of librarianship; (2) whether more information science is needed; (3) what to do about the debate between librarianship and information science; and (4) whether the library schools should concentrate on the MLS.…

Focuses on evaluation of accredited library schools and considers standards for accreditation, curriculum evaluation, and student evaluation of faculty. Identification of what is wrong with current practices, recommendations for improvement, and specific questions to be asked by consumers attempting to evaluate library education programs are…

This opinion paper is followed by five comments. (PF)

Reports on the 1987 Drexel University/Free Library of Philadelphia Conference on Children's Literature. The edited text of the keynote address by Alvin Schwartz, "Children, Humor and Folklore," and the acceptance speech by Deborah Kogan Ray, recipient of the 1987 Drexel Citation, are included. Observations on humor from workshop sessions are…

Describes Indiana University's experience in offering dual degree programs that link graduate library/information science courses with specific professions, including the process of creating such programs, the rationale, and examples of dual master's degree programs--musicology, history, science and technology, public affairs, journalism, and art…