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The Study and the Sofa:: a Chapter in the History of Reading: Part I
RAYMOND IRWINIt is evident that a history of libraries must take into account the social and domestic circumstances under which reading is done; and both the words in my title (“study” and…
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The London Literary Scene
CAMPBELL NAIRNETo a literary lounger the most striking feature of the London scene at present is the ubiquity of paperbacks. They are displayed on revolving stands, like postcards; they litter…
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The Afro‐Asian Library Position
WILFRED J. PLUMBEPublic relations departments have done their job and people coming to Africa and Asia no longer expect to find us living in mud huts, picking our way to work between pythons and…
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Standards of Public Library Service in England and Wales:: Report of the Working Party appointed by the Minister of Education in March, 1961: A CRITICISM
JOSEPH FORSYTHConsequent upon the publication of the Roberts Report (1959), the Minister of Education set up two working parties to look into the state of the public library service in the…
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