Editors' Introduction The Challenge of Excellence in Librarianship by Robert M. Hayes Recruiting Cataloging Librarians The Recruitment Muddle: Entrances and Exits by James M. Matarazzo Recruiting: Analyses and Strategies by Liz Boshoff, D. Whitney Coe, Elizabeth Futas, Fay Zipkowitz, Heidi Lee Hoerman, Thomas W. Leonhardt, James G. Neal, and Marion T. Reid Discussion #1 Educating Cataloging Librarians The Fiction and the Reality of the Stereotypes by Jane B. Robbins The Education of Cataloging Librarians by Michael Carpenter, Carolyn O. Frost, Suzanne Hildenbrand, Sheila S. Intner, Beatrice Kovacs, Joseph R. Matthews, and Francis Miksa Discussion #2 Training Cataloging Librarians The Future of Staff Development by Henriette D. Avram On-the-Job-Training: Issues and Answers by Nancy L. Eaton, Michael Fitzgerald, Maureen Sullivan, and D. Kathryn Weintraub Discussion #3 Selected Bibliography Index