Between 1968 and 1978 a considerable amount of library manpower planning work took place in the UK. The article reviews the progress of this work and discusses the increasing sophistication of methodologies and techniques. Despite the progress that has been made a great deal more needs to be done; in particular the factors influencing the wastage from and re-entry to librarianship and information work need to be sttidied and quantified if progress is to be continued towards the goal of effective manpower planning in librarianship.
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