The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. Volume 3, 1850-2000 / edited by Alistair...
The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. Volume 3, 1850-2000 / edited by Alistair...
The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. Volume 3, 1850-2000 / edited by Alistair Black and Peter Hoare. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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1 online resource (xxiv, 737 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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Volume III: 1850-2000 / edited by Alistair Black and Peter Hoare -- Introduction : sources and methodologies for the history of libraries in the modern era -- 1. Libraries and the modern world / Part one : Enlightening the masses : the public library as concept and reality -- 2. Introduction : The p...
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 N...
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 librarianshi...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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England
Date Published
2006.
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Since the mid-nineteenth century an unprecedented expansion and diversification of library activity has taken place. The Public Libraries Act of 1850 founded a tradition of public provision and service which continues today, and national and academic libraries have grown and multiplied. Libraries have become an industry rather than a localised phen...
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The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. Volume 3, 1850-2000 / edited by Alistair Black and Peter Hoare. [electronic resource]
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1-139-05532-1
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027.041
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991023970918002626
