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The views of practicing librarians, library directors, and library school teachers are presented in this series of papers on the educational needs of those planning to work in academic and special libraries, particularly scientific and technological research libraries. Included are: (1) "New Trends in Education of Librarians and Documentalists in the Federal Republic of Germany," by Paul Kaegbein; (2) "Ideal Staff for Technological University Libraries," by Elin Tornudd (Finland); (3) "Education for Work in Special Libraries in New Zealand," by Peter Durey; (4) "Education for Information Intermediaries, An Example from the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, N.Y.," by Gunnel Hessler (Sweden); (5) "Training Junior Staff in a Major Research Library for Science and Technology," by Peter Warren and Dennis Shaw (United Kingdom); (6) "Education for Special Librarianship in the United States," by Kathleen T. Bivins; (7) "The Swedish School of Library and Information Science and the Education of Librarians for Special Libraries," by Chagan Lalloo; (8) "Continuing Education in the 80s: Thoughts of a Service Librarian," by Patricia Gebhard (United States); (9) "Information Transfer: A Conceptual Model for Librarianship, Information Science and Information Management with Implications for Library Education," by Roger Greer (United States); and (10) "Qualifications Required of Staff Members at University of Technology Libraries," by Sven Westberg (Sweden). (ESR)