Analyzes the problems of training for librarianship in Sierra Leone and suggests action to solve these problems. (Author)

A description of the library technician program established by the Beirut College for Women in February 1970: its curriculum, professional staff, students, and reactions produced by the program is presented. (Author/SJ)

Programs for the training of library technical assistants exist in more than 31 states of the United States and six provinces of Canada. Through the questionnaire developed to survey the status of these training programs a total of 134 have been identified: 118 in the U.S. and 16 in Canada. This directory of schools offering training programs for…

The basic need in library education for the next decade will be expansion at every level: technician, undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education, as well as faculty and scholarship aid. (JS)

Following a survey of the establishment and development of the school, an outline is presented of courses taught, admission requirements, and qualifications attained. The school has answered a serious need in the area of information and library training in East Africa. (Author)

The education and training of Indonesian librarians is presented in the context of the Indonesian society; specifically, the relation with the educational aspects and programs of the nation. Only after these aspects are understood can well-balanced educational programs for the training of librarians be set up. It is shown that while there are…

This document describes the occupations of librarian and library technician (library assistant). Information on each position is categorized as follows: nature of the work; places of employment; training, qualifications, and advancement; employment outlook; and earnings and working conditions. Addresses of organizations which can provide…

Five separate articles summarize library education at the graduate, undergraduate, and technical assistant levels in the United States and library education in Canada and other parts of North America. Statistical tables are included within the explanatory essays. Over 30 pages of statistical tables give information on specific institutions. The…

Presents the edited transcript of a discussion among 10 library school deans and the American Library Association's accreditation officer that was held to address issues concerning library education, including the role that library schools should play in educating library support staff, curriculum changes, and differences in library school…

An outline of courses at Arizona State University for school library media specialists is given. Each of the courses is described by specifying the programs for which the course is required, the prerequisite courses, the textbooks and materials required, the module topics, and the course objectives. The modules, or subunits of the course, are…

This survey was conducted in 1992 to determine the state of affairs in preparing professionals to work in the library and information services (LIS) field. The paper examines programs in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Guam, and Hawaii. Information is given about the nature and length of college or university level degree programs and the…

In order to provide information for affirmative action programs, data were collected about the ethnic and sexual composition of the 1973-74 graduates and faculty of U.S. library education programs. A tabulation of returns showed that graduates of all degree and certificate programs (graduate, undergraduate, and library technical assistant) were…

A survey of the library profession and its available training facilities in Africa supplied data that should be considered in planning further library development. Prior to 1950, African countries relied for their library personnel on Britain, France, or Belgium, where librarianship is not necessarily a graduate profession. Later, some local…