From the Guest Editors
Jodene Glaesemann & Becky Pasco*
The journey to librarianship draws people from a diverse array of backgrounds. Musicians, lawyers, nurses, educators, clergy, scientists and other professionals enter library science education programs to avail themselves of the myriad of public service, technical service and leadership opportunities in the profession.
Nebraska library science education programs enjoy the strong support of current library professionals and their organizations. These professionals provide support by hosting practicum students, giving presentations in courses, providing tuition remission, designing supportive and flexible work schedules, serving as mentors, funding scholarships, and becoming instructors. The experiences of these library science students would not be as rich without the positive and proactive involvement of frontline Nebraska librarians.
Nebraska celebrates a healthy assortment of accessible library science education programs at the community college, undergraduate, and graduate levels. As the following statements will show, library science education opportunities have played a key role in helping people meet their students and their instructors who represent the future of Nebraska libraries.
Jodene Glaesemann is the Walt Branch supervisor for Lincoln City Libraries.
Dr. R.J. (Becky) Pasco is Coordinator, Library Science Education Programs at University of Nebraska at Omaha.
