Discusses criticisms relating to education for library and information work that are interpreted as centering on level of meaningfulness, relevance of content to working practice, and development of personal qualities in addition to academic abilities. Questions raised by Maurice Line in first issue of journal are considered. (22 references) (EJS)

This essay characterizes role of the librarian as using a variety of skills (intellectual, human and communication, technical) to deal with recorded information by evaluating, acquiring, preserving, sorting and ordering, and making it available. Library management, training, and preservation of library materials are highlighted. Six references are…

The Library Technical Assistance (LTA) Program at the College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois combines classroom lectures, hands-on experience and a unique field experience component, offering a degree of Associate in Applied Science. This document contains a printout of information included on the LTA home page, and provides the following…

This paper places continuing professional education (CPE) within the context of the whole of education for librarianship. Using the fable of the blind men and the elephant as an analogy, the discussion explores the who, what, when, where, why, and how of CPE and its relationship to the range of educational possibilities, including: (1) the…

This article describes the pioneering application of programmed instruction to classification and indexing and other established areas of library education tested at the College of Librarianship Wales from 1965 onwards. Details of the program design are given. (11 references) (Author/SJ)

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 two divisions of this third edition of the directory are: a listing by school of faculty members and courses, and an alphabetical list of personnel with title and school. More than 1,500 library school faculty members are included. (SJ)

The information about current criteria for selecting a new library staff members presented was obtained from a questionnaire mailed in June 1972 to personnel officers of 181 large public and academic libraries in the United States. (Author/NH)

Findings of a survey concerning the poetry selections that teachers of grades 4, 5, and 6 read to their pupils are reported. Results suggest a need to cultivate an improved awareness and appreciation of more contemporary poetry through children's literature courses taught by library schools and education departments. (5 references) (Author/KE)

Training of supervisory personnel in libraries is a relatively new practice. The first year of an in-house program is described with suggestions for increasing its effectiveness. (10 references) (DH)

This second edition is divided into three sections: a listing by school of faculty and courses, an alphabetical list of personnel with title and school, and the subject areas by instructors identified with their school. (SJ)

Despite setbacks and hazards, libraries today are a more vital and a more appreciated part of our lives than ever before. (Author/NH)

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)