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by MICHAEL REED The Great Rebuilding of English public libraries which has taken place in the years since 1945 has been marked by the increasingly important place given to local history collections. In very many public libraries today a separate local history department now takes its place alongside the reference library, the children's library and the music library. It has specialist staff and equipment. Its collections comprise a wide range of material relating to the history of the community it serves, and these collections are constantly being added to, since local history librarians are becoming increasingly aware that the systematic acquisition of contemporary materials is the only way in which the needs of future students - in the broadest sense of the term - can be adequately met. These developments have been reflected in changes in the patterns of education for librarianship which have taken place in the United Kingdom over a similar period of time. Local history is now, and has been for a number of years, an optional paper available to students preparing for the Diploma of the Library Association, and it is similarly an option available to third year undergraduate students reading for the honours
Libri - International Journal of Libraries and Information Services – de Gruyter
Published: Jan 1, 1976
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