The Doctorate in Librarianship and an Assessment of Graduate Library Education

THE DEMAND for professional librarians in all capacities and the special demand for more highly educated and sophisticated personnel have led to reevaluation of library education programs, the introduction of new goals and courses in established programs, and the development of many newly accredited programs. Furthermore, additional programs are being planned and discussed. As a consequence of these developments, there is an increased demand for library school faculty to man the new programs and a need for clarification of the present status of the several programs. That is, there are many unknowns in existing doctoral programs and several are examined here. The following survey report is offered on the assumption that knowing more about the present graduates of the doctoral programs will provide more notions about the nature of our professional elite, the doctorate in library science. The study has two purposes: to provide a description