Sources of Professional Staff in Selected Academic Libraries

All libraries surveyed report that their own library school graduates and faculty wives hold positions on their staffs.Both advantages and disadvantages to such appointments are expressed by respondents to the survey.A trend toward the elimination or curtailment of appointment of local library school graduates to the staff was revealed by the study.Problems arising from the appointment of faculty wives and other local persons may be eliminated or reduced by better communication between library administration and staff and by the achievement of a high degree of professionalism by academic librarians.