Aslib Proceedings: Volume 18 Issue 1

PROBLEMS OF GETTING—AND KEEPING—STAFF

D. MASON

In the American periodical Office there used to be a regular feature entitled ‘Employee relationships—right or wrong’. Each month there would be three or four brief ‘case studies’…

The TRAINING OF SPECIAL LIBRARY STAFF

T.E. CALLENDER

Mr Mason, in his paper, used the term ‘manager’ to denote the person at the head of or in charge of an information service. I shall use the word ‘librarian’ in the same sense…

INFORMATION STAFF

J.E.L. FARRADANE

I amhere to speak on behalf of the Institute of Information Scientists. Mr Mason has described an information department as an office with several sub‐professionals and a…

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

F. LIEBESNY

Mr Mason has already referred in his paper to the three main streams of professional and semi‐professional training and education available to librarians and information…