Academic librarians need to learn how people learn, what they want to learn about, how the whole man is put together and how he functions. The most important thing about a library is not how it is organized but why it exists. (Author)

This final column by Herbert White addresses his concerns with the professional objectives of librarians and how librarians are perceived and treated. Highlights include the users' need for librarians; the role of the American Library Association in supporting libraries more often than librarians; and stressing institutions rather than people.…

Discusses the role of libraries and the profession of librarianship in terms of national societal changes. Three main influences and their effects on the public's access to information are addressed: (1) the increasing dominance of corporate wealth and power; (2) the deregulation of the economy; and (3) pervasive commercialization. (LRW)

The intellectual and theoretical basis of librarianship is the study of man and societies together with the study of the nature of knowledge-how it is generated, transmitted, and absorbed. (MM)

The challenges to education for librarianship and information science are numerous and great: technology, research, expanding curricula to address problems of special constituencies, and recruiting committed individuals. Changes are occurring rapidly, and practitioners and educators must work together to ensure the challenges are met. Thirteen…