Librarians are continuously expected to update their job knowledge and renew their job related skills to enable them compete effectively in our changing society. These professionals are also expected to acquire extensive education and training to enable them function properly and be productive in their organisations. Agreeably, for librarians to…

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

A survey determined that only libraries of academic and business encouraged professional staff to improve their levels of competence and subject knowledge by obtaining additional qualifications. (2 references) (AB)

The need for librarians to participate in professional continuing education is stressed. (MF)

In-service training is envisaged as an essential to the librarian's post-professional education. The effectiveness of this particular type of training is shown to be complementary to academic library education, which deals with principles and general practice. Specialized practices and the experience in-service training gives, assume a…

If the only way to attract librarians to a specialized field is by organizing a prestige-type internship program, the quality of library education will not improve. (14 references) (Author/AB)

To provide an opportunity for discussion of the educational needs of library personnel in the prairie provinces, a Workshop on Library Education was held in Edmonton on March 14, 1970. Approximately two hundred registrants representing all three prairie provinces participated. The papers presented are: (1) Issues, Decisions and Continuing Debate:…

Books, ERIC documents, and journal articles pertaining to professional continuing education are abstracted to provide resources for the planning of continuing education in librarianship. The listing is divided into three sections: some recent studies and bibliographies on continuing education in other professions, a selective list of materials…

A tentative draft of standards for accreditation of graduate programs of library education established by the American Library Association is set forth. (1 reference) (AB)

A model for a master's degree program in library and information science is suggested. The degree ought to certify that its holder has presented evidence of basic competencies needed for successful professional practice. Professional associations have a responsibility to define the competencies necessary to practice at the professional level in…

The Comprehensive Examination can serve as an integrating educational experience and also to raise and unify the standards of American Library Schools. (AB)

While the library profession shares several common elements in continuing education with other professional fields, it has its own distinctive characteristics as well. The article explores several aspects of continuing professional education as they relate to the library profession, keeping those similarities and differences in mind. (AG)

Demands for librarians with some training beyond that of fifth-year master's program are greater than ever. Organized programs at a level intermediate between the master's degree and the doctorate now exist at eleven of the American library schools which are accredited by the American Library Association. The literature on the subject is sparse…

The five points made in this paper are (1) library-centered library education must involve use of the organization of library literature; (2) that the dimensions of library literature include (a) the resources produced by and for librarians, (b) the literature of the disciplines upon which librarianship draws and (c) the literature with which…

Significant developments since the Library Association of Australia began its external examination program in 1944 include the establishment of a university school of librarianship, undergraduate programs in librarianship, possible discontinuance of the Registration Examination for professional certification, a need for standards for library…