Libraries in a World of Cultural Change

Study of library situation in Britain. Contents: Introduction Key concepts The end of enlightenment The changing role of public institutions The modern library network Political invisibility What makes libraries special? The era of light and glass Libraries and urban vitality The invisible web: the public library and social policy Education and life-long learning Information and the right to know Other worlds: libraries, fiction and popular reading Past, present and future The modern state and new meanings of the public