Based on the needs that exist and the scarcity of programs in this area, a model for continuing education for the Special Libraries Association through which its members can arrange an educational program to suit their particular needs is proposed. (Author)

Compared with 1968, trends in the educational system in information science in 1972 indicate a curriculum shift from traditional librarianship to an emphasis on computerization and automation. (Author/PF)

The core courses in the library school curricula of several universities are surveyed and the new core course developed at Drexel University is described. (PF)

The methods of instruction used for the course in fundamentals of library science at Drexel University Graduate School of Library Science are described. (PF)

Librarianship is the management of knowledge, not the management of nature, i.e., it is controlled by ideas, not by phenomena. The man/document interface provides a key for creating the philosophy of librarianship and a clue to the intellectual nature of the library profession. Because librarianship occurs whenever ideas are reused, librarians…

Four of the 10 papers in this collection are presented in the original language, i.e., either French or German, and English translations are provided for two of them. The papers are: (1) "UAP (Universal Availability of Publications) and Its Relation to Research and Education" (Maurice B. Line); (2) "Zehn Jahre IFLA-Abteilung…

This preliminary report on library education statistics includes a checklist, review, and annotated bibliography. (PF)

Information science is an interdisciplinary study that investigates the properties of information, the forces governing the flow of information, and the means for processing information for optimum accessibility and usability. (Author/PG)

Investigates the possibility of a new approach to undergraduate education in preparation for graduate training in library or information science. (Author/PF)

Focusing on the professional preparation of media personnel who graduate from separate library and media programs, this paper discusses the confusion which has materialized as a result of the new jargon and terminology used to describe media personnel and the implications of joint certification for the two groups. It is argued that school media…

Recognizing the paraprofessional as a valued asset for the accomplishment of routine library services and techniques while freeing the professional librarian for those duties truly requiring a professional education, this paper presents academic library administrators with an inservice training handbook to prepare and improve the skills of library…

Concerned with the many pressures to which library education is subject all over the world, this paper concentrates on the relationship between the subject of librarianship, the subject of information science, and the accommodation of information science in library education. The emergence and domain of information science is briefly reviewed, and…

This account of a year as a visiting instructor in the Department of Library Science at Pahlavi University provides descriptions of the university, its faculty, and the 2-year masters degree program in library science, as well as observations on the students in the program. A discussion of some of the advantages and disadvantages of working at…

Recent surveys of library personnel conducted by the American Library Association indicate that educators responsible for planning and implementing library education programs have not been effective in recruiting and training Spanish surnamed and American Indian persons for library service. Recommendations for improving library education programs…