Discusses the role of special librarians as leaders in the information management profession and suggests ways that librarians can empower themselves. Suggestions include valuing and promoting their work, understanding organizational roles, staying abreast of new technology, focusing on career planning, insisting on proper remuneration, and…

Discusses reasons why empowerment is a salient issue for the information profession and explores the sources of power. Strategies are suggested for increasing position power, knowledge power, and personal power, thereby enhancing the overall power profile of the individual and the profession. Barriers to and benefits of empowerment are also…

Argues that librarians must strive to unlock people's minds from an early age with the power of the printed word, and urges them to be active advocates for children, to speak out for children's rights to read, to become educated, and to succeed. It is suggested that librarians mobilize through involvement in professional associations. (SD)