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标题：Library Standards: A Symposium The Medical Library Association
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作者：Mary Louise Marshall
期刊名称：Bulletin of the Medical Library Association
印刷版ISSN：0025-7338
出版年度：1963
卷号：51
期号：1
页码：69-71
出版社：Medical Library Association
摘要：1HE development of any profession is based on a recognition of the minimum standards of achievement and efficiency which a practitioner in the field must attain for acceptance by his colleagues as well as by those whom he serves. In 1946 the American Library Association outlined the evolution of a profession in terms which apply as well to other fields as to librarianship. Five preprofessional stages are listed: 1. A social need arises. 2. Interested persons try to meet this need. 3. These persons talk or write about their work among themselves and with others who are interested in this or similar work. 4. These individuals find themselves set off from other groups because of the specific functions which they perform and the specific problems which they try to solve, and they are also drawn together because of these common interests. Because of these two forces, differentiation and specialization, a group consciousness develops. 5. As the social need for the skill and knowledge of this differentiated-specialized group increases in amount and complexity, the group develops an increasing need for a common basis for standardizing its skills and for adequate preparation among its members in order to meet these needs. This phase in its evolution takes the group from preprofessional to professional stages.