Comment

Abstract

AFTER AN ABSENCE of some months I returned to the pages of NEW LIBRARY WORLD, half expecting to find a mixture of ‘How I did reorganisation good’ and ‘The penny has just dropped’, depending upon the luck and/or influence of contributors. I was not disappointed, but, in a class apart, it was sad to read Philip Hepworth's account of humiliation and unfair treatment. (‘Defeat’, January NLW). He was not alone. One's faith in the essential fairness of the local government appointment system, built up over many years, was shattered in weeks. It is to the eternal discredit of the Library Association that during the agonising months of 1973/74 the dubious practices of certain local authorities were not challenged.

Citation

SYKES, P., BAKEWELL, K., TALBOT, J., REVILL, D., EVANS, J., PEMBERTON, J.E. and SCOTT, E.P. (1974), "Comment", New Library World, Vol. 75 No. 7, pp. 136-142. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb038206