Library Trends
1998 Volume 46, Number 3
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 3
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Professionalism and the Future of Librarianship
Andrew Abbott
Explores three contexts of librarians' professional work and their impact on the link between librarians and their work: social and cultural forces, other competing occupations, and competing... More
pp. 430-43
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Educating and Training Library Practitioners: A Comparative History with Trends and Recommendations
Anthony M. Wilson & Robert Hermanson
Presents overviews of librarian and library support staff education from 1887 to the present. Discusses current forces in education for librarians; the balance between professional and university... More
pp. 467-504
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Reorganizing Canadian Libraries: A Giant Step Back from the Front
Roma M. Harris & Victoria Marshall
In this study, 182 Canadian senior administrators, middle managers, and front-line librarians in public and academic libraries were asked to describe the nature of organizational change in their... More
pp. 564-80