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crl-12001	Bundy, Mary Lee; Wasserman, Paul	Professionalism Reconsidered	1968	22	.pdf	application/pdf	13480	423	39	The reluctance to be assertive may be as much a function of insecurity born out of fears engendered by the limits of the modern librarian's mind to cope with the complexities of an ever broadening spectrum of knowledge, or awe of the growing sophistication of middle class readers among whom high- er educational preparation is now widely characteristic, or because of the con- fusion which attends a set of objectives for library service which tolerates light diversion with intellectual development as equally viable missions: It is the cli- ent then who always determines his wants, and it is only the most iconoclas- tic librarian who suggests alternatives either by making precise recommenda- tions or by skewing client choices through close control of the content of collections to reflect excellence. The counterpart for library service could be found only through commitment to constituencies not now viewed a's the library's respon- sibility—for the public library, the mar- ginally literate and other non-users of traditional services; for the academic li- brary—the devising of new forms and methods of information service beyond the passive collection function; for the school-library—a commitment to building collections and services to influence the teacher in his continuing education and his effectiveness to perform.	cache/crl-12001.pdf	txt/crl-12001.txt