Results of a survey of the 53 accredited library schools regarding their programs for rare book and special collections librarians are reported. (2 references) (SJ)

The plan proposed in this paper may offer the best means of convincing students that the field of librarianship affords them the creative challenge of dealing with the information explosion and an opportunity to serve with a community of scholars as a subject expert. (2 references) (Author/NH)

This brief introduction by Herman Liebaers, president of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), sets the stage for this issue's topic of librarianship overseas. (MF)

The strengthening of a link between public and school libraries is at the heart of the program in West Sussex. (Author)

The role of the humanities, as it relates to library science, is examined. Librarians are encouraged to utilize automation to free them for their central position in the information transfer process. (MF)

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)

This paper examines the structure of traditional" library catalogs and the research concerning them. (Author)

A series of reports made by the Committee on Higher Academic and Professional Degrees of the Association of American Universities to the American Library Association Board of Education for Librarianship between 1924 and 1928 regarding changes in the master's degree program in librarianship to a two year program are discussed. (AB)

Achievement of the improvement of the status and conditions of librarians as the prime objectives of any library association is discussed. (AB)

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)

A brief account of the design and implementation of the first full-time one-year post-graduate course in science information work in Israel is presented. (Author/AB)