id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-9762 Kerner, Robert J. Essentials in the Training of University Librarians—IV 1939-12-01 6 .pdf application/pdf 3554 160 59 In fact, it would be more logical from this angle to select university librarians from among those scholars on the faculty who have already shown their skill as teachers and writers rather than from technically trained librarians. W e seem to be agreed, in the second place, that these demands are not entirely uniform in all universities; that certain qualifications will inevitably weigh more heavily in certain appointments than in others; that, within limits, the resultant multiplicity and variety of gifts and points of view are valuable to the profession ; that in practice, there seems to be no straight and narrow way leading directly from the cradle to a position as university librarian ; and that it is therefore exceedingly difficult —impossible, in fact—to outline in detail a program of training which is universally and necessarily the best for all prospective university librarians. cache/crl-9762.pdf txt/crl-9762.txt