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The Library World Volume 18 Issue 6

The Library World Volume 18 Issue 6 Far too much weight seems to have been given to the Local Government Board circular which mentioned public libraries as institutions whose expenditure should be examined with a view to effecting economies. This, to the ordinary person, would seem to call on library committees to exercise special care to prevent unnecessary expenditure, and more particularly to see that capital expenditure on new buildings and extensions is not made. The first of these requirements has been common for years had there been wasteful expenditure, and if librarians had not carefully financed their resources, half the libraries in England would have been bankrupt long ago. The second requirement is just, and would be accepted even by the most unbridled library enthusiast. But local bodies have not been content so to read the circular. They have frequently interpreted it to mean that libraries must mark time, are of small value in peace and less in war, and the war is being made an excuse by oldstanding opponents of public culture to do as much damage as possible to the library movement. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png New Library World Emerald Publishing

The Library World Volume 18 Issue 6

New Library World , Volume 18 (6): 33 – Dec 1, 1915
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Emerald Publishing
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0307-4803
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10.1108/eb008997
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Far too much weight seems to have been given to the Local Government Board circular which mentioned public libraries as institutions whose expenditure should be examined with a view to effecting economies. This, to the ordinary person, would seem to call on library committees to exercise special care to prevent unnecessary expenditure, and more particularly to see that capital expenditure on new buildings and extensions is not made. The first of these requirements has been common for years had there been wasteful expenditure, and if librarians had not carefully financed their resources, half the libraries in England would have been bankrupt long ago. The second requirement is just, and would be accepted even by the most unbridled library enthusiast. But local bodies have not been content so to read the circular. They have frequently interpreted it to mean that libraries must mark time, are of small value in peace and less in war, and the war is being made an excuse by oldstanding opponents of public culture to do as much damage as possible to the library movement.

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New Library World – Emerald Publishing

Published: Dec 1, 1915

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