1876年,美国著名图书馆学家梅尔维尔·杜威在《美国图书馆杂志》(后更名为《图书馆杂志》)第1期上发表“职业”一文,指出图书馆工作成为专业化职业的时代到来了。不过,杰西·H.谢拉在1976年出版的《图书馆学引论》中指出:图书馆工作是否能算是一门专门职业,这个问题长期以来就存在争论,而且经常是激烈的、毫无结果的争论。按照职业的界定标准,如今许多国家的图书馆工作显然是一门职业,而且取得了举世瞩目的成就。然 In 1876, Melville Dewey, a famous American library scientist, published “Occupation” in the first issue of the American Library Journal (later renamed the Library Magazine), pointing out that the work of the library became specialized The era of occupation is coming. However, Jesse H. Scheira, in his 1976 Introduction to Library Science, pointed out: Whether library work can be regarded as a specialized profession has long been controversial and often intense No result of controversy. In accordance with the definition of occupation, library work in many countries is clearly a profession today, and has made remarkable achievements. Of course