The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland. Volume 3. 1850 - 2000

TitleThe Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland. Volume 3. 1850 - 2000
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2006
Series EditorBlack, Alistair, Hoare, Peter
Number of Pages737 pp.
PublisherCambridge University Press
CityCambridge, England
ISBN9780521858083
Annotation

Volume 3 of 3

Introduction :; sources and methodologies for the history of libraries in the modern era --; 1. Libraries and the modern world /; Alistair Black and; Peter Hoare

Part one :; Enlightening the masses : the public library as concept and reality
2. Introduction :; The public library in concept and reality /; Alistair Black --; 3.; The people's university : models of public library history /; Alistair Black --; 4.; Libraries for leisure time /; Robert Snape --; 5.; High seriousness : the reference and information role of the public library 1850-2000 /; Bob Duckett --; 6.; Extending the public library 1850-1930 /; Martin Hewitt --; 7.; Public library outreach and extension 1930-2000 /; Dave Muddiman --; 8.; Public library services for children /; Debbie Denham --; 9.; Public library people 1850-1919 /; Paul Sturges

Part two :; The voluntary ethic : libraries of our own
10. Introduction : libraries of our own /; Alistair Black --; 11.; Circulating libraries in the Victorian age and after /; Simon Eliot --; 12.; The subscription libraries and their members /; Geoffrey Forester and; Alan Bell --; 13.; Radical reading? working-class libraries in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries /; Chris Baggs --; 14.; Private libraries and the collecting instinct /; David Pearson

Part three :; Libraries for National needs : library provision in the public sphere in the countries of the British Isles
15. Introduction :; library provision in the countries of the British Isles /; Peter Hoare --; 16.; The library scene in an English city : Newcastle upon Tyne libraries 1850-2000 /; John C. Day.; 17.; Public libraries in Wales since 1862 /; Philip Henry Jones --; 18.; The National Library of Wales /; Lionel Madden --; 19.; The Scottish library scene /; John C. Crawford --; 20.; The National Library of Scotland /; Ian McGowan --; 21.; The Irish library scene /; Catherine Morgan and; Pearl Quinn --; 22.; The National Library of Ireland /; Gerard Long

Part four :; The Nation's treasury : Britain's national library as concept and reality
23. Introduction :; Britain's national library as concept and reality /; Graham Jefcoate --; 24.; The British Museum Library 1857-1973 /; P.R. Harris --; 25.; The British Library and its antecedents /; John Hopson

Part five :; The spirit of enquiry : higher education and libraries
26. Introduction :; higher education and libraries ;; 27.; The libraries of the ancient universities to the 1960s /; Peter Hoare --; 28.; The libraries of the University of London to the 1960s /; Bernard Naylor --; 29.; The Civic universities and their libraries /; F.W. Ratcliffe --; 30.; Academic libraries and the expansion of higher education since the 1960s /; Ian R.M. Mowat

Part six :; The rise of professional society : libraries for specialist areas
31.; Libraries and information for specialist areas ;; 32.; The scientist and engineer and their need for information /; Jack Meadows --; 33.; Information in the service of medicine /; Antonia J. Bunch --; 34.; Lawyers and their libraries /; Guy Holborn --; 35.; Spreading the word : religious libraries in the ages of enthusiasm and secularism /; Alan Jesson --; 36.; Government and parliamentary libraries /; Christopher Murphy --; 37.; Company libraries /; Alistair Black.; 38.; Rare-book libraries and the growth of humanities scholarship /; B.C. Bloomfield

Part seven :; The trade and its tools : librarians and libraries in action
39.; Introduction : librarians and libraries in action /; Peter Hoare --; 40.; The interpretation of professional development in librarianship since 1850 /; Ian Cornelius --; 41.; Education for librarianship /; Dave Muddiman --; 42.; Women and libraries /; Julia Taylor McCain --; 43.; The feminisation of librarianship: the writings of Margaret Reed /; Evelyn Kerslake --; 44.; Sharing the load : libraries in co-operation /; Antonia J. Bunch --; 45.; Organising knowledge : cataloguing, classification and indexing in the modern library /; Rodney M. Brunt --; 46.; Storehouses of knowledge : the free library movement and the birth of modern library architecture /; Simon Pepper

Part eight :; Automation pasts, eletronic futures : the digital revolution
47. Introduction :; The digital revolution in society and in libraries /; Graham Jefcoate-; 48.; Automating the library process /; Eric Hunter --; 49.; Informatisation : libraries and the exploitation of electronic information services /; Alistair Duff --; 50.; Libraries and librarians in the information age /; Liz Chapman and; Frank Webster.

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