Sweden has special, public, and academic libraries. Staff for each is recruited from different groups of people and trained in different ways, according to the special requirements, goals, and philosophy of each type of library. This article focuses primarily on information and documentation centers and research libraries. (JPF)

Steps for acquisition of necessary skills for expertise in law librarianship are described and the role of the Law Library of Congress in relationship to the responsibility of law libraries is outlined. (AB)

Librarians will need specialized tools and skills to conquer technology and to deal with large scale problems in the future and library schools must plan curricula that will provide the education needed by those librarians. (Author/AB)

Teachers in courses in special librarianship at accredited library schools were asked to write resumes and evaluations of their methods. The majority of the respondents considered their courses to be a type of library'' course which was comparable to the courses in public libraries and academic libraries. (Author/NH)

A random sampling of library technician graduates in the United States, demonstrated that graduates of library technician programs benefit in salary during their first year of employment by approximately $1,250. (11 references) (Author/AB)

Examines the growth of map libraries in the United States, the evolution of specialized professional training for map librarians, and the associated growth of a corpus of literature about maps in libraries. The author also discusses map librarianship today and concludes that we have reached the end of the "Emergence of Maps in Libraries"…

Authentication and certification of documents should be established as a part of the selection process in archives. Introductory courses in document examination are advocated for archival training programs. (JPF)

On the basis of information available to prospective students, the availability of courses and programs in special librarianship is described. (Author)

A survey of 452 special librarians was conducted by the Special Libraries Association to identify what they want new graduates to know. Communication skills, reference skills, and an attitude of service were considered by respondents to be more important than second master's degrees and management skills. (Author/EM)

Because of the controversy between the too practical and the too theoretical approaches to special library education, an attempt is being made to combine the practical and the theoretical approaches in giving students an internship course and a special seminar simultaneously. (4 references) (Authors)

The conceptual approach and procedures which have been developed for this program provide the basis for initiating a similar training program in any large library within commuting distance of a library school. (4 references) (Author/NH)

Students and faculty in library schools and librarians in the field are engaged in a reassessment of librarianship and library education. Such special topics as communication and behavioral science, information retrieval, library automation and systems analysis and design are beginning to form the basis for a new core of library science. (5…

Presents marketing as an attitude, an approach, and a set of tools, techniques, and concepts that can be applied to the professional development of librarians. (FM)

Discusses the background, issues, and implications of Special Libraries Association participation in the accreditation process of graduate library and information science programs. The American Library Association's Committee on Accreditation Project's major recommendations are included and the Special Libraries Association's responses are…

This paper, a lecture to library school students, presents in detail four elements that make a special library special," as background for a discussion of suggested approaches to follow in managing a special library. (Author/AB)