...Glenn S. McGuigan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address dimensions of crisis as applied to the profession of librarianship from a public administration frame of reference. For librarians to retain professional status, the human element of librarianship must be promoted through...

... attention is needed for the career and development needs of library technicians. Distance learning is another issue treated. A particular study is made of reference work and whether “there is a defining perimeter between the tasks and duties of the paraprofessional and those of the professional”. Thankfully...