Non-professional information and training

Abstract

This article examines the profession of information science and librarianship with regard to the division between professional and non-professional staff. It gives a more detailed inspection of the role of the non-professional, leading to thoughts on the importance and need for education and training of non-professional staff. It also looks at the types and methods of education and training available, with examples, and at the place of the various agencies and organizations concerned. This points to suggestions for other possibilities. It closes with a review of some of the subjects outside of the information field which non-professional staff may need to study, and of most of the problems for employers and employees.

[French, German and Spanish translations of this abstract can be found on pp. 92–93]