1. The PROGRAMME THAT EXISTS AND OMISSIONS Available to Purchase

The system of education for information work and librarianship in this country has been essentially a pragmatic development. The cynic may say accidental or even chaotic and to some extent this is true, but it would also be unfair to the organizations and institutions involved. The development of education may appear to have been a gap‐filling exercise in that the various institutions have reviewed the scene from time to time and have provided educational services or courses of one kind or another not previously in existence. The build‐up of the system has therefore been subejcted to an informal consensus and co‐ordination.