The Early Childhood Library Specialist Program of the School of Library Science, at North Carolina Central University, was organized in 1970 and has the following purposes: (1) to train students to become effective practitioners of early childhood library methods employed in introducing children to the uses of books and other media for the purposes of recreation and learning; (2) to provide an exemplary learning center for implementing early childhood methods and demonstrating practical application of classroom theories; (3) to acquaint the trainee with a diversity of learning media and resources appropriate for young children; (4) to involve library science students in actual learning programs in community agencies; and (5) to provide students with experience in work with parents in aiding them to become effective change-agents. The program idea grew out of the recognition of the need to train librarians to service the needs and demands of a segment of the population that heretofore has not been sufficiently considered as serious library clientele because of its non-reading ability. (A related document is ED 063 952.) (Author/SJ)