The Training Program consists of three specialized courses in medical librarianship, a four-week orientation to medical librarianship, field trips, and a seminar series on related topics. Resources of the local medical and academic communities have been used and an internship program for librarians in the two Veterans Administration hospitals in…

Senior and middle-rank librarians in academic, public, state, school, and special libraries participated in this study to identify curriculum areas of prime concern in library education. Results indicate that philosophy and social context of libraries, library skills, administration, personal and interpersonal relations, and specialization are the…

The six experimental programs of the School Library Manpower Project are a source of optimism in the difficult process of curriculum innovation. (6 references) (SJ)

Advocates university education of school librarians in Nigeria, which would entail finding the staff to handle the courses and improving the present program, and the setting-up of good, well-maintained, adequately stocked model school libraries in all training institutions. (VT)

This third report in a series that provides information to understand the role of systems librarians in the development of library information management systems and information services focuses on the need for possible curriculum revision and relevant courses in library education. Includes two curricular models, including course descriptions, for…

This article provides a brief account of the evolution of library education in the United Kingdom, describes the means by which it is provided at present, identifies the most significant problems with the current pattern, and indicates some of the responses that have been made to these problems by library educators and the professional…

Reviews this collection of essays by leading figures in library collection development, edited by Peggy Johnson and Sheila S. Intner. States that this book "deserves the attention of curriculum planners." (JMV)

A major way of upgrading the profession of librarianship is through a post-master's education program. This data base for the curriculum development of such a program utilized two data-gathering instruments: (1) a questionnaire and (2) interviews. The data are presented under three-headings: (1) questionnaire results, Chapters III, IV, V and VI;…

Discusses the need to include state librarianship as a key curriculum component in the M.L.S. program, identifies current curricular offerings by library schools and competencies for state librarians and notes curriculum modules. (FM)

The conference described in this report had five objectives: to examine the existing curricula for medical librarianship in accredited library school programs; to examine trends in post-master's training programs for health sciences librarianship; to explore the relationship between graduate education for health sciences librarianship and the…

Contained in this report are the thoroughly documented findings of a survey for a basic curriculum to equip middle and upper level personnel for managing the growth and change confronting their libraries. The study contains the data and fully describes the survey method that is the basis for the proposed curriculum. Its aim is to upgrade the…

Discusses the importance of historical studies for librarians and how knowledge of the past contributes to the research base. Social science and historical perspectives on library research are considered; and hypothesis testing, the study of causality, and the history of information practices are examined. (Contains eight references.) (LRW)

This paper on the relevancy of training in bibliographic control begins with a section that discusses the reasons for teaching bibliographic control, including national and universal bibliographic control, cooperation between libraries and information services, quality service to the users, and development of systems and databases. The second…

Discusses the problems facing library schools in a time of decreasing enrollments with respect to: the recruitment of qualified, talented, and motivated students; the selection of qualified students; the development of innovative and relevant contemporary library curricula; and the placement of library school graduates. A 40-item reference list is…

This paper discusses the current role of practicing librarians in library education together with the debate on whether the grounding given to future librarians should be theoretical or practical. Reasons why students, educators, and employers are dissatisfied with the current status of library education are suggested. The benefits of librarians…