The Children's Librarian As Viewed By Library Administrators

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Title: The Children's Librarian As Viewed By Library Administrators
Author(s): Chait, William
Issue Date: 1977
Keyword(s): Children’s libraries
Abstract: What does an administrator expect of a children's librarian? Everything! Experienced administrators in public libraries look upon children's librarians as among the most professional of the various specialist librarians on their staffs. Children's librarians need the characteristics, understanding and skills which will enable them to relate both to adults and to children, as well as to other staff members. The most essential quality of any librarian is that of intelligence. This characteristic is defined as the ability to adapt to a changing society and a changing institution. In addition to being intelligent, the children's librarian must be articulate, i.e., must possess an ability to express ideas readily. The children's librarian has to establish a rapport not only with children, but with the adults concerned with children.
Publisher: Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Series/Report Name or Number: Allerton Park Institute (23rd : 1977)
ISSN: 0536-4604
Type of Resource: text
Language: en
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Copyright and License Information: Copyright owned by Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 1977.

Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 23, 1977); Edited by Selma K. Richardson