尽管图书馆有着漫长的历史,但是“图书馆学校除美国早期的以外,却主要是二十世纪的产物”.在布赖姆莱(G. Bramley)的这个论断之外,还应该加上丹顿(J. P. Danton)的观察,即在美国、欧洲以外的世界其它地方的图书馆学校显然都是在第二次世界大战之后才兴办起来的.对世界各地图书馆学校进行研究、比较,就会发现以下一些问题,诸如专业协会的影响逾越了国界;改变高等教育的形式影响一些国家图书馆学校的建立;学校数量的递增产生了对师资的需 Although the library has a long history, “library schools, except in the early part of the United States, are largely the product of the twentieth century.” In addition to G. Bramley’s assertion, JP Danton’s observation that library schools elsewhere in the United States and Europe outside the world were apparently set up after World War II had studied, compared and studied library schools around the world, Some problems such as the influence of professional associations that have crossed national borders, the changes in the form of higher education have affected the establishment of library schools in some countries, and the increase in the number of schools have created a need for teachers