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)

Encourages the use of assertion training for librarians to aid them in providing reference service, interviewing for employment, and handling difficult patrons. A list of references and a selection of readers' comments on the article is included. (FM)

Discussion of the pros and cons of continuing education--mandatory and otherwise--for librarians. (MBR)

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)

Librarians are encouraged to continue to grow professionally, and are given some suggestions for doing so. (LS)

Holds that librarians have given ethical concerns short shrift, and that, if librarianship is to assume professional status in the eyes of the patron, more consideration must be given to matters of conflict of interest, confidentiality, and attitudes toward reference work. (FM)

Deals with the historical role of public libraries in the United States especially relating to the poor; the commitment on the part of libraries to serve the underserved growing out of the turmoil of the Sixties and the War on Poverty, and the effect of changing inner-city populations on the future role of libraries. (Author)

A position paper presented to the Catholic National Library Association (CNLA) on Library Education. (Author)

Discusses the challenge of ethnicity to the profession of llbrarianship, and explores current efforts to include ethnic and minority groups in library education and training. (FM)

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)

Two functions of highest priority for school library/media supervisors are continuing education and program evaluation. (Author/PF)

This essay on values for library school educators examines the choice of values, communication between faculty and students, the search for values, and leadership qualities. (EJS)

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)

Posits that professionals working in school and public libraries should extend their competencies to meet the needs of young children. Findings of a research and demonstration project sponsored by the U.S. Office of Education are used to support the hypothesis. (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.…