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Synopsis Librarians are serving people since time immemorial by administering the library, building the collection of material and making these materials and records available. However, change in time and people’s expectation and enormous increase in users as well as collection material have necessitated that education for librarianship should be able to make them more efficient, hard working and technology oriented. Through such education librarians will be able to fulfil growing needs and expectations of people. “Education for Librarianship” presents historical, present and future perspectives of education methodology for librarianship. In this endeavour the book makes discussion of accreditation, master’s degree, library and information science, job markets, association and its role, library schools, doctoral programmes and numerous other issues concerning librarians. In additions, the book takes a thorough look into future outlook of librarianship and library services. This wholesome presentation of education for librarianship is a must for teachers, students, librarians and general readers.