What does it take to be a youth services librarian?

Let's face it: working with young people in libraries can be fun and rewarding, but it is hard work. The major professional associations allied with youth services librarianship have developed sets of competencies to help practitioners, library and school administrators, students, and the public better understand the skills, knowledge, and dispositions necessary to be successful. 

Take a look at these competencies. If you are a current or retired youth services librarian, what's missing? How would you change these lists? If you are a pre-professional youth services librarian, in what areas do you need assistance?

• ALSC (Association of Library Service to Children) Competencies for Librarians Serving Children in Public Libraries
• YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) Competencies for Librarians Serving Youth
• AASL (American Association of School Librarians) Standards for Initial Preparation of School Librarians

And if you're curious, see what you would have been learning had you been a student at the Carnegie [Library] Training School a hundred years ago!