Considers the numbers, qualifications, and changing characteristics of the almost 200,000 students who have completed a year of successful study at a U.S. library school during the last century. Highlights include the beginnings (1887-1900), expansion (1900-1921), reforms (1921-1950), diversification (1950s-1980s), and annual and cumulative…

Presents results of survey of 227 undergraduate library science program administrators that solicited information for 1980 graduates on sex, position obtained, type of library, salary, and further education; sought data on program, its degree offerings, and administrative positions; and sampled respondent attitudes concerning status and viability…

Evaluates federal government projections of educational statistics for the number of doctoral, master's, and bachelor's degrees earned in library science published in 1971, 1973, 1976, and 1978, and matches them against the actual number of degrees granted. Five references are provided. (EJS)