Voices of Scottish librarians : the evolution of a profession and its response to changing times
MacDougall, Ian, 1933-2017
Books, Manuscripts
This collection, based on interviews with 14 librarians and other library staff working in Scotland in the twentieth century, tells the stories of their working lives, explaining how libraries developed from the difficulties of the inter-war period and the austerity following the Second World War to become a well-used and important feature of local communities, committed to delivering an expanding range of public services.
Main title:
Voices of Scottish librarians : the evolution of a profession and its response to changing times / Ian MacDougall ; edited with notes by Alan Reid & David Fletcher.
Author:
Publisher:
Edinburgh : John Donald, 2017.
Collation:
xvi, 355 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
In association with the Scottish Working People's History Trust
ISBN:
9781910900093 (pbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1851622
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