Originally published in 1932, A History of the Public Library Movement in Great Britain and Ireland is concerned with the rise and progress of the public library as it stood at that time. The establishment and growth of the public library may be viewed as part of the great social movement for the spread of knowledge among the poorer classes which took place in the late eighteenth century and the early years of the nineteenth century. This movement was characterized by the establishment of various educational agencies, which are covered in this book, along with the introduction of the Public Libraries Act passed in 1850 and other legislation that followed.
First published in 1932, this book looks at the rise and progress of the public library as it stood at that time. This movement was characterized by the establishment of various educational agencies that are covered in this book, along with the introduction of the Public Libraries Act passed in 1850 and other legislation that followed.
Preface.
1. Introductory
2. The Spread of Education, and the Resulting
Demand for Reading Matter The Circulation of Popular Literature
Forerunners of the Public Library Early Municipal Foundations, Parochial
Libraries, Itinerating Libraries, Subscription Libraries, Mechanics
Institutes
3. The Need for Libraries Freely Open to the Public The Minutes
of Evidence and Reports of the Select Committee on Public Libraries
4. The
Reports of the Committee
5. The Public Libraries Act, 1850
6. Early Adoptions
of the Act
7. Subsequent Amending Legislation
8. Further Amending and
Consolidating Legislation
9. Removal of the Rate Limitation
10. Recent
Legislation
11. Public Library Progress and Policy
12. The Library
Association
13. Training for Librarianship
14. Branch and District
Associations and Sections
15. Other Library Association Activities
16. County
Libraries
17. Commercial and Technical Libraries
18. Libraries for the Blind
Hospital Libraries Childrens Libraries School Libraries
19. Prominent
Workers and Benefactors. Appendixes. Index.
John Minto (18631935) was the eminent Librarian of the Signet Library in Edinburgh, UK.
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