Recruitment, Training, and Certification

摘要

The question of recruiting for librarianship, training, standards, and certification is being studied intensively in the general field and with respect to special libraries. The American Library Association has initiated a task analysis program in which it has requested the co-operation of our own and allied associations. It has also solicited our collaboration in the work of a Joint Committee on Librarianship as a Career. The Special Libraries Association has its committee on Professional Activities with a Subcommittee on Standards and, like our own organization, is participating in both of the above projects. While the general principles of the other investigations are of great help in suggesting avenues of inquiry and in setting general goals, the particular application of these principles to medical libraries may require modification and supplementing. There are specific aspects in which our circumstances and problems may need different treatment.