Hutchinson H D
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1965 Oct;53(4):542-5.
A growing shortage of professional librarians has caused library administrators in all types of libraries to take a hard look at their interpretation of what constitutes professional work. The Free Library of Philadelphia is no exception, and in recent years it has evolved formal position classifications providing for the employment of nonlibrarians in positions formerly classed as professional as well as in the usual clerical and desk assignments. Conceived primarily out of necessity, these classifications and assignments are now readily accepted by the Library's staff, and there is little likelihood that earlier interpretations of professional and nonprofessional duties will ever be revived. This article outlines the Free Library's classification and training plan for nonprofessionals.
专业图书馆员日益短缺，这使得各类图书馆的管理人员不得不认真审视他们对专业工作构成的理解。费城自由图书馆也不例外，近年来它制定了正式的职位分类，规定非图书馆员可从事以前归类为专业职位的工作，以及通常的文书和服务台工作。这些分类和任务主要是出于必要而构思的，现在已为图书馆工作人员所接受，而且早期对专业和非专业职责的解释几乎不可能再恢复。本文概述了自由图书馆针对非专业人员的分类和培训计划。
