{"product_id":"the-cambridge-history-of-libraries-in-britain-and-ireland-paperback-9781107693692","title":"The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107693692","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis essays in this volume cover the expansion and diversification that have occurred in libraries since 1850.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlistair Black (Edited by), Peter Hoare (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107693692, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 February 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e762 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.9 cm, 1 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The Purpose of the Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland is to be a survey. It succeeds admirably. … Some essays, such as Chris Bagg's essay on working-class libraries and Simon Eliot's on subscription libraries, present excellent new research. The bibliography is full, helpful and thorough.' Rare Books Newsletter, 81\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSince the mid-nineteenth century an unprecedented expansion and diversification of library activity has taken place. The Public Libraries Act of 1850 founded a tradition of public provision and service which continues today, and national and academic libraries have grown and multiplied. Libraries have become an industry rather than a localised phenomenon, and librarianship has developed from a scholarly craft to a scientific profession. The essays in this volume present a picture of great diversity, covering public, national, academic, subscription and private libraries. The users of libraries are an important part of their history and are considered here in detail, alongside the development of the library profession and the impact of new information technologies. The place of the library within society and the growth of a professional structure to manage new demands on information are the central concerns of this volume, which celebrates the diversity of the modern library world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Libraries and the modern world Alistair Black and Peter Hoare\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Enlightening the Masses: 2. Introduction Alistair Black\u003cbr\u003e 3. The people's university: models of public library history Alistair Black\u003cbr\u003e 4. Libraries for leisure time Robert Snape\u003cbr\u003e 5. High seriousness: the reference and information role of the public library 1850–2000 Bob Duckett\u003cbr\u003e 6. Extending the public library 1850–1930 Martin Hewitt\u003cbr\u003e 7. Public library outreach and extension 1930–2000 Dave Muddiman\u003cbr\u003e 8. Public library services for children Debbie Denham\u003cbr\u003e 9. Public library people 1850–1919 Paul Sturges\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Voluntary Ethic: 10. Introduction Alistair Black\u003cbr\u003e 11. Circulating libraries in the Victorian age and after Simon Eliot\u003cbr\u003e 12. The subscription libraries and their members Geoffrey Forster and Alan Bell\u003cbr\u003e 13. Radical reading? Working class libraries in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Chris Baggs\u003cbr\u003e 14. Private libraries and the collecting instinct David Pearson\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Libraries for National Needs: 15. Introduction Peter Hoare\u003cbr\u003e 16. The library scene in an English city: Newcastle upon Tyne libraries 1850–2000 John Day\u003cbr\u003e 17. Public libraries in Wales since 1862 Philip Henry Jones\u003cbr\u003e 18. The National Library of Wales Lionel Madden\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Scottish library scene John C. Crawford\u003cbr\u003e 20. The National Library of Scotland Ian McGowan\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Irish library scene Catherine Moran and Pearl Quinn\u003cbr\u003e 22. The National Library of Ireland Gerard Long\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Nation's Treasury: 23. Introduction Graham Jefcoate\u003cbr\u003e 24. The British Museum Library 1857–1973 P. R. Harris\u003cbr\u003e 25. The British Library and its antecedents John Hopson\u003cbr\u003e Part V. The Spirit of Enquiry: 26. Introduction Peter Hoare\u003cbr\u003e 27. The libraries of the ancient universities to the 1960s Peter Hoare\u003cbr\u003e 28. The libraries of the University of London to the 1960s Bernard Naylor\u003cbr\u003e 29. The civic universities and their libraries F. W. Ratcliffe\u003cbr\u003e 30. Academic libraries and the expansion of higher education since the 1960s Ian Mowat\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. The Rise of Professional Society: 31. Libraries and information for specialist areas Jack Meadows\u003cbr\u003e 32. The scientist and engineer and their need for information Jack Meadows\u003cbr\u003e 33. Information in the service of medicine Antonia J. Bunch\u003cbr\u003e 34. Lawyers and their libraries Guy Holborn\u003cbr\u003e 35. Spreading the word: religious libraries in the ages of enthusiasm and secularism (1850–2000) Alan Jesson\u003cbr\u003e 36. Government and Parliamentary libraries Chris Murphy\u003cbr\u003e 37. Company libraries Alistair Black\u003cbr\u003e 38. Rare-book libraries and the growth of humanities scholarship B. C. Bloomfield\u003cbr\u003e Part VII. The Trade and its Tools: 39. Introduction Peter Hoare\u003cbr\u003e 40. The interpretation of professional development in librarianship since 1850 Ian Cornelius\u003cbr\u003e 41. Education for librarianship Dave Muddiman\u003cbr\u003e 42. Women and libraries Julia Taylor\u003cbr\u003e 43. The feminisation of librarianship: the writings of Margaret Reed Evelyn Kerslake\u003cbr\u003e 44. Sharing the load: libraries in co-operation Antonia J. Bunch\u003cbr\u003e 45. Organising knowledge: cataloguing, classification and indexing in the modern library Rodney M. Brunt\u003cbr\u003e 46. Storehouses of knowledge: the free library movement and the birth of modern library architecture Simon Pepper\u003cbr\u003e Part VIII. Automation Pasts, Electronic Futures: 47. Introduction: The digital revolution in society and in libraries Graham Jefcoate\u003cbr\u003e 48. Automating the library process Eric Hunter\u003cbr\u003e 49. Informatisation: libraries and the exploitation of electronic information systems Alistair Duff\u003cbr\u003e 50. Libraries and librarians in the information age Liz Chapman and Frank Webster\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Library \u0026amp; information sciences [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Library \u0026amp; information sciences\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Library%20\u0026amp;%20information%20sciences%20%5BGL%5D%22\"\u003eGL\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003742146840,"sku":"9781107693692","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107693692i.jpg?v=1694865927","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-history-of-libraries-in-britain-and-ireland-paperback-9781107693692","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}