The effective training of individuals in the new wave of library professionals who will replace those of the outgoing "baby boomer" generation is essential to the future success of libraries. Residency programs will undoubtedly serve as the backbone of this transition process.

"The New Graduate Experience: Post-MLS Residency Programs and Early Career Librarianship" is a much-needed text that will complement the limited, existing publications on library residency programs, serving to complete the record of residency program activity over a series of successive decades, management...