They have taught me more than they know. It's not often, though, that I get a captive audience. This is such an important issue that the American Library Association, on the 30th of this month, will convene the first of a series of discussions, an invitational Congress on Professional Education. IU's own Shirley Fitzgibbons is a member of the Steering Committee. I believe the future of our profession is too important to leave to a chosen few delegates.
Some groups see it as too little too late.
Others are frustrated that few concerned ALA groups have been invited to attend. Still others worry that library educators have not been involved enough. Except for the last concern, I believe these worries are largely irrelevant. It is vital that library concerns continue to be part of the mission and goals of our schools, and part of their names as well. The L word does not have 4 letters.