Trends in Education for librarianship in the United States and Canada

This thesis analyzes the trends in education for librarianship in the United States and Canada,with particular emphasis on the period 1962-1985.Chapter one traces the origin of North American library education from the late 19th century,and the long struggle by the ALA to improve standards of accreditation.By 1962,the direction of the profession was being set by accredited graduate programs,and the association's national plan was to guide future developments.From the 1960's onwards the computer challenged libraries and education for librarianship as never before.The schools' responses varied from complete integration of all aspects of the curriculum to interdisciplinary links with seperate 'information science'or 'computer science'departments,or joint degree programs.Thes changes are analysed in both qualitative and quantitative terms.