TY  - JOUR
AB  - It was not an original idea, but the existence in the town of a very active and enthusiastic ciné society made it natural that a librarian should think of making a film about the public library. There have been films about books and libraries before, one of them being the National Book Council's film, but I wanted something much more local, and more definitely from the public library angle, to be shown in schools and to adult local audiences. My idea was to show a cross‐section of the work of the public library by tracing its influence on certain typical members of the community. I found it difficult to decide upon the exact approach. Should it be pure documentary, pure advertisement, or should the message be proclaimed under cover of a human story? At the cinema, nothing is more annoying than to see a film which, without warning, turns out to be an advertisement, and whenever that happens to me, I always make a mental note never to use the product advertised. So, for the proposed library film, the blatant advertisement approach was immediately ruled out.
VL  - 9
IS  - 3
SN  - 0024-2535
DO  - 10.1108/eb012058
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012058
AU  - HARRISON K.C.
PY  - 1943
Y1  - 1943/01/01
TI  - Filming a Library
T2  - Library Review
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 62
EP  - 64
Y2  - 2024/05/05
ER  -