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- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing
- Copyright
- Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- ISSN
- 0001-253X
- DOI
- 10.1108/eb049488
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Abstract
ASLIB has been concerned with education in the field of special librarianship from the first conference of 1924, when the subject was among those discussed. At that date there were two qualifications available in librarianship, the Fellowship of the Library Association and the Diploma of the University of London School of Librarianship. For the Library Association's examinations it was possible to study by correspondence, at summer schools, and in a very few places at parttime classes. The School of Librarianship offered a oneyear postgraduate and a twoyear undergraduate fulltime course, and while some of the Diplomates entered public libraries, others went into private libraries, university and college libraries and industrial firms. Latin was a compulsory subject for entrance to the School, however, and this was a deterrent to science graduates who wished to train for the profession.
Journal
Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives – Emerald Publishing
Published: Apr 1, 1953