TY - BOOK AU - Roberts,Norman AU - Konn,Tania TI - Librarians and professional status: continuing professional development and academic libraries SN - 0851574521 U1 - 020.7 ROB PY - 1991/// CY - London PB - Library Association KW - Academic librarians KW - Library education (Continuing education) N1 - "A Clive Bingley Book."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-205) and index; A case of necessity? professions and continuing professional development; CPD requirements; CPD in practice; librarianship and professionality; professionality, competence and CPD; librarians as professionals; academic libraries, professionality and CPD I; academic libraries, professionality and CPD II; librarianship and CPD - a future N2 - In this work the strivings of the library professions in the USA and UK for professional recognition are examined against the wider social trends and technological developments. It looks in particular at the case of academic librarians, and charts their evolving status ER -