TY - SER
AU - Stefan Petrow
CY - Launceston, Australia
LA - English
N1 - <p>Contents:</p><ul><li>Introduction </li><li>The right people: the Board of Management and library staff </li><li>Making ends meet: finances&nbsp;</li><li> 'An inspiring building of great dignity': the Launceston Mechanics' Institute building </li><li>Modernising, expanding and reading the library collection </li><li>Special collections </li><li>Points of tension: censorship and misbehaviour </li><li>Library competition and co-operation </li><li>Making libraries free for all (part one): 1929 to 1942 </li><li>Making libraries free for all (part two): 1943 to 1945 </li><li>Epilogue. Forward's final years</li></ul>
PB - Friends of the Library
PP - Launceston, Australia
PY - 2023
SN - 9780977546251
EP - 173 pp.
TI - A Priceless Gift: the Launceston Mechanics' Institute and Public Library 1906 to 1948
ER -