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THE CASE OF NORTHERN IRELAND
SEVEN YEARS AFTER the Roberts Report comes the Hawnt Report on the public library service in Northern Ireland. This Report assumes that ‘Northern Ireland must develop and maintain…
THE LOST LIBRARIES
James G. OlléTHE RECENT CLOSURE of the last of Boots' Booklovers' Libraries has seemingly brought us near the end of a long and fascinating chapter of library history. I call it a ‘chapter’…
LETS TALK ABOUT BOOKS
Mary G. BrownI ALL READERS TALK ABOUT BOOKS but how many stop to consider how books talk about them? The choice of a book is a very personal matter and inevitably tells something of the mind…
MIRROR FOR MODERN MERCHANTS
Margaret A. McManners‘THERE'S NOBODY CAN SERVE YOU BETTER with grindstones 62″ high than I can do; the prices of such size on your key will be 21 guilders each.’
HOSPITAL LIBRARIES: THE STATE OF THE ART
Ronald StartTHE PATTERN OF LIBRARY PROVISION in hospitals in this country has for over half a century followed the traditional double‐track of one service for medical staff and a second for…