SLA believes that graduate education should adequately prepare students for special librarianship/information management.

The Association will

• support formal library and information science education
• form an integral partnership with educators of special library/information professionals to monitor the changing work and technology environments
• participate in the accreditation process for graduate library/information science education
• encourage its members, through Chapter networks or as alumni, to become actively involved in their local schools of library/information science
• assist in monitoring the skills and competencies required for special library/information management

Education is a continuous process which results in professional growth and development.

The Special Libraries Association will

• assess members' current and future educational needs as an ongoing process
• provide opportunities for professional development to meet these assessed needs
• provide both practical and theoretical education
• utilize effective teaching methods and technologies
• monitor the changing work and technology environment in order to meet changing needs

Approved: June 1985