During 1976-77, the Berkeley Division of the Librarians Association of the University of California sponsored four seminars on career development for academic librarians. The speakers and their topics were: Archie Kleingartner (Vice President for Academic and Staff Personnel Relations, University of California), "The professional in the institutional setting"; William F. McCoy (Assistant University Librarian for Personnel, University of California, Davis), "Career expectations for librarians in the University of California"; Page Ackerman (then University Librarian, U.C.L.A.), "The responsibility of the individual and the obligation of the institution in developing a professional library career"; and Gail Ann Schlachter (Assistant University Librarian for Public Services, University of California, Davis), "Research and the inquiring librarian." The remarks of the four speakers, along with questions and answers which followed their presentations, have been brought together and edited with an introduction by Richard S. Cooper, 1977 Chair of the Berkeley Division. (Author)