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The Library World Volume 51 Issue 10

The Library World Volume 51 Issue 10 THE Programme of the Library Association Conference which reached us on April 22nd is one of much interest. Every year increases the difficulty of providing matter which has such appeal that members can say at the close that the time has been spent profitably. The preprint of the papersa rather incomplete affairraises the thought that Conference time could be better used than in discussions on such Research Committee matters as library vans and temporary buildings, excellent as we admit the enquiries and results of them to be. Yet this reflection is accompanied by the certainty that there have been few conferences which have not contributed something of material use to every participator and we still hold the view that more is learned in a week at one than in months of hermitlike seclusion. That last quotation was written in the first edition of Brown's Manual and is valid to this day. Our representatives will write impressions after the event, not by way of detailed report, but as endeavouring to sum up what, if anything, material has been achieved. The report published by the Association usually gives the papers in extenso, but we wish its issue could be delayed long enough to provide more informative records of the discussions. As the best contributions occasionally come from the floor, the barebones notes of the names of speakers and almost telegramlike utterances they are supposed to have made, which have been the customary report, could be greatly improved. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png New Library World Emerald Publishing

The Library World Volume 51 Issue 10

New Library World , Volume 51 (10): 26 – May 1, 1949
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THE Programme of the Library Association Conference which reached us on April 22nd is one of much interest. Every year increases the difficulty of providing matter which has such appeal that members can say at the close that the time has been spent profitably. The preprint of the papersa rather incomplete affairraises the thought that Conference time could be better used than in discussions on such Research Committee matters as library vans and temporary buildings, excellent as we admit the enquiries and results of them to be. Yet this reflection is accompanied by the certainty that there have been few conferences which have not contributed something of material use to every participator and we still hold the view that more is learned in a week at one than in months of hermitlike seclusion. That last quotation was written in the first edition of Brown's Manual and is valid to this day. Our representatives will write impressions after the event, not by way of detailed report, but as endeavouring to sum up what, if anything, material has been achieved. The report published by the Association usually gives the papers in extenso, but we wish its issue could be delayed long enough to provide more informative records of the discussions. As the best contributions occasionally come from the floor, the barebones notes of the names of speakers and almost telegramlike utterances they are supposed to have made, which have been the customary report, could be greatly improved.

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New Library World – Emerald Publishing

Published: May 1, 1949

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