Democracy at Work: The Library Association's Centenary Assessment of 1950
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| Year of Publication |
1999
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Library History
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| Volume |
15
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| Issue |
November
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| Pagination |
99-111
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| Language |
English
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| Abstract |
The year 1950 saw the centenary of the passing of the first Public Libraries Act. Several commemorative events were planned by the Library Association to mark the occasion. This article looks at two of them: the publication of a booklet, A century of public library service (the brainchild of Lionel McColvin), and a travelling photographic exhibition. This paper was read at the Library History Group's ‘Libraries and Modernity’ conference held at Manchester, England in June 1997.
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