A history of public libraries in Great Britain: 1845-1975
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
Preface .......... v
Preface to Second Edition vi
List of Illustrations ........ xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
BOOKI
THE FIRST PHASE, 1845 1886
I. The Origins of the First Public Libraries Act ... 3
Introductory—Early Proposais for a Public Library Service—The
Museums Act of 1845—The Select Committee of 1849—The
Public Libraries Act
II. The Foundation of the Municipal Library Service . . 16
The General Historical Background—The Legislative Background
—The Pattern of Growth—The Evolution of Public Opinion—
Libraries on a Shoestring
III. Some Case Studies 40
A Note on Library Statistics—Manchester—Liverpool—Birming¬
ham—Leeds—Salford—Sheffield—Bolton, Nottingham, Bristol
and Newcastle upon Tyne—Some Smaller English Libraries—
Some Welsh and Scottish Libraries
IV. Library Organization and Use 66
Buildings—Books—Readers—Fact or Fiction?—Library Ad¬
ministration—Extension Activities—Librarians and Librarianship
BOOK II
FROM THEJUBILEE TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1887 1918
V. The Age of Carnegie 107
The General Historical Background—The Legislative Back¬
ground—Changing Attitudes—Carnegie and Other Benefactors
—The Pattern of Growth—The Deprived Areas
VI. Some Further Case Studies . . . . . .138
Leading English Libraries—Glasgow—Cardiffand Edinburgh—
Other Large Libraries—Some Medium Sized Libraries—Some
Smaller English Libraries—Some Welsh Libraries—Some Scottish
Libraries
VII. Library Organization and Use . . . . . .170
Buildings and Equipment—General Organization—The Open
Access Revolution—The Dewey Decimal Revolution—Books
and Readers—Services for Children—Extension Activities—
Librarians and Librarianship
vii
VÜi CONTENTS
BOOK III
BETWEEN THE WARS, 1919 1939
VIII. The Birth of the County Libraries 209
The Genesis of the Act of 1919—The Post War Years—The
Beginnings of the County Service— Books and Readers—The
Problem of the Populous Areas
IX. The Mitchell and Kenyon Reports 232
General Progress of the Non County Libraries—Comparative
Statistics—The Problem of the Small Authorities—Lending
Libraries—Reading Rooms—Reference Libraries—Technical and
Commercial Libraries—Children s Libraries—Branch Develop¬
ment—Library Administration—Extension Activities—Librarian
ship
X. From Kenyon to the Second World War: General Develop¬
ment 255
The Background—The Non County Libraries—The County
Libraries—The Library Association Survey
XL From Kenyon to the Second World War : Organization and
USE 280
Buildings—Travelling Library Services—Books and Readers—
Special Collections—Technical and Commercial Libraries—
Children s Libraries—Hospitals, Prisons, Ships and Lighthouses—
Library Organization—Extension Activities—Librarianship
XII. The National Libraries and the Beginnings of Inter Library
Co operation . . . . . . . .312
The National Libraries before Kenyon—The British Museum
Library—Other National Libraries—Public Libraries and the
Central Government—Inter Library Co operation after Kenyon
The National Libraries after Kenyon
BOOK IV
THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND AFTER, 1939 1975
XIII. The Second World War 327
The Wartime Scene—The McColvin Report—Proposais for
Post War Reconstruction
XIV. The Post War Years 342
The Affluent Society—The Struggle for Reform—Recovery and
Renewal—The Significance of the Counties—The Roberts
Committee and After
XV. Patterns of Library Service 361
The Urban Library Service—The County Library Service—The
New Look in Library Buildings—New Ideas in Departmental
Organization
CONTENTS ix
XVI. LlBRARY ORGANIZATION AND UsE 380
Readers and Reading—Reference Services and Advice to Readers
—Technical and Commercial Services—Other Special Collections
and Services—Services for Young People—Library Administra¬
tion—Extension Activities—Librarianship—Inter Library Co
operation—National Libraries
XVII. A Decade of Change 426
Great Expectations—Buildings and Staff—The Basic Services—
Extension and Outreach Activities—Organization and Reorganiz
ation—The British Library—Public Lending Right
APPENDICES
APPENDICES PAGE
I. An Early Proposal for a Public Libraries Act . . 455
II. The Public Institutions Bill, 1835 458
III. Public Library Authorities, 1847 1974/5 .... 465
with dates of adoption and opening
IV. Public Library Authorities, 1847 1974/5 .... 494
in order of commencement of library Service
V. Public Library Authorities . . . . . 515
not known to have provided a library Service, in order of adoption
VI. Bookstocks, Issues and Population at Selected Dates . 517
VII. Bookstocks in Public Libraries 519
according to the Parliamentary Returns of 1876 and 1877
VIII. Percentagb of Books in Various Subjects . . . .519
based on the Parliamentary Returns of 1876 and 1877
IX. Statistics of Selected Public Libraries in 1886 . . 520
X. Passmore Edwards Libraries 521
with dates of opening
XI. Statistics of Selected Public Libraries in 1913 1914 . . 522
XII. Percentage of Books in Various Subjects in 1907 . . 524
XIII. Public Library Authorities, 1975 ..... 525
Select Bibliography 533
General Index 555
Index to Public Library Authorities 569
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Plates Between pages
Ia. The Opening of the Birmingham Central Library (front
the Illustrateä London News , 16 September 186s) 178 179
Ib. The Harris Library, Museum and Art Gallery at Preston
(front the drawing by A. D. Leslie in Thomas Greenwood s
Public Libraries , i8gi) 178 179
Ha. The William Brown and Picton Libraries, Liverpool
(Liverpool City Libraries photograph, from the water colour by
H. Magenis, 1884) 178 179
Hb. The Passmore Edwards Library, Hammersmith (from the
drawing inJ.J. Macdonald, Passmore Edwards Institutions ,
1900) 178 179
Ula. Manchester Central Library (Manchester City Libraries
photograph) 178 179
Illb. Hampstead Central Library (Times photograph) 178 179
IVa. Birmingham Central Library (Birmingham City Libraries
photograph) 178 179
IVb. Kent County Library Headquarters, Maidstone (Kent
County Libraries photograph) 178 179
Va. Chorlton cum Hardy Branch, Manchester (Manchester
City Libraries photograph) 178 179
Vb. Barton Branch, Bedford County (Bedfordshire County
Council photograph) 178 179
Via. James Silk Buckingham, M.P. (from the engraving by G. T.
Doo, frontispiece to Buckingham s Autobiography , 1855) 178 179
VIb William Ewart, M.P. (from a portrait in the possession ofthe
Ewartfamily, reproduced in W. A. Munford s William Ewart,
M.P. , i960) 178 179
VIc. Andrew Carnegie (Carnegie U.K. Trust photograph) 178 179
VId. John Passmore Edwards (Newham Public Libraries photo¬
graph) 178 179
Vlla. John D. Mullins (from the photograph in A. Cotgreave s
Views and Memoranda of Public Libraries , 1901) 178 179
Vllb. James Duff Brown (Islington Public Libraries photograph) 178 179
VIIc. Alfred Cotgreave (Newham Public Libraries photograph) 178 179
Vlld. Miss Kate Lewtas (from the photograph in A. Cotgreave s
Views and Memoranda of Public Libraries , 1901) 178 179
Villa. Sir John Ballinger (CardifF City Libraries photograph) 178 179
VHIb. L. Stanley Jast (Manchester City Libraries photograph) 178 179
VIIIc. E. A. Savage (Edinburgh City Libraries photograph) 178 179
VHId. Miss A. S. Cooke (Gloucester County Libraries photograph) 178 179
IXa. The British Museum Reading Room (from a picture in the
possession of Liverpool University School ofEducation Library) 370 371
IXb. Reference Library, Wigan (front the engraving in Thomas
Greenwood s Public Libraries , 1891) 370 371
Xa. Gorbals Branch, Glasgow: General Reading Room (from
Descriptive Handbook of the Glasgow Corporation Public
Libraries , 1907) 370 371
xi
XÜ LIST OF IIXUSTRATIONS
plates Between Pages
Xb. Woodside Branch, Glasgow: Ladies Reading Room(from
the same source) 370 371
XIa. Lending Library, Reading (Reading Public Libraries photo
graph) 370 371
Xlb. Mitchell Library, Glasgow: Main Hall (Glasgow City
Libraries photograph) 3 70 3 71
Xlla. Kirkby Branch, Lancashire County Library (County Lib¬
rary photograph) 3 70 3 71
Xllb. Eaglesham Branch, Renfrewshire County Library (County
Library photograph) 370 371
XHIa. Cathays Branch, CardifF: Children s Reading Room
(Cardiff City Libraries photograph) 3 70 3 71
XHIb. Kingswood Branch, Gloucester County: Junior Library
(County Libraries photograph) 3 70 3 71
XlVa. Hospital Library Service, Edinburgh (Edinburgh City
Libraries photograph) 3 70 3 71
XVb. Service to the Housebound, Sefton (photograph by Edith
Kelly) 370 371
XVa. Perthshire Rural Library Motor Van (from the photograph
in Proceedings of the Carnegie Rural Library Conference,
1920 ) 37O 371
XVb. Lancashire County Mobile Library (County Library
photograph) 370 371
XVIa. Children s Holiday Mobile, Hammersmith (Hammersmith
Public Libraries photograph) 3 70 3 71
XVIb. Outdoor Story Hour, Dundee (Dundee Public Libraries
photograph) 370 371
Line illustrations Page
1. The Rivals: Which shall it be? (from thefrontispiece to the frontispiece
first edition of Thomas Greenwood s Free Public Libraries ,
1886)
2. Proposal for a Travelling Library (from The Library , Vol.
VI, 1894) 175
3. Early Layouts for Open Access Lending Libraries (Montrose,
from]. D. Brown, Manual of Library Economy , 2nd edition,
1907; Croydon,from Libraries, Museums and Art Galleries
YearBook , 1897) 177
4. Chaos in the Lending Library (from the frontispiece to The
Truth about giving Readers Free Access to the Books in a
Public Library , 1895) 179
5. The Cotgreave Library Indicator (from the frontispiece of A.
Cotgreaves Library Indicators , 1902) i8r
6. The County Library Sign (from County Libraries in Great
Britain and Ireland: Report, 1927 28 ) 265
7. Regional Library Areas in 1936 (from the Annual Report of
the National Central Library for 1935 36) 321
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