Training specialists currently recommend continuing education as a means for librarians and information officers to improve their professional qualifications and keep abreast of developments in their field. The role of professional organizations is particularly important in this area. The Polish Library Association (PLA) has always been very active in the field of library education in Poland. In fact, it is due to the PLA that the first training courses were organized in the period 1918-1939. After the end of World War II, basic training for librarianship became institutionalized as many universities created departments of library science. The educational activity of the PLA has taken on a new character as the association currently participates in: (1) program commissions on library education at the college and university level; (2) consultations on the required level of professional qualifications during salary negotiations; and (3) the initiation and implementation of a whole range of professional courses as supplements to university programs. (THC)