The English Public Library 1945-85: Introductions to Heritage Assets
English
By (author): Elain Harwood
This guide looks at the development of public libraries in England after the Second World War. It places their architecture external and also internal within a period of considerable political, social and economic change.
Post-war aspirations set new challenges for the countrys library services, which had already begun to expand considerably in the 1930s. Outwardly, new library buildings continued financial constraints permitting - to reflect civic pride and aspirations, while inside new layouts, fixtures and fittings provided for an increasingly middle-class readership. Childrens services were ever-more important, while larger libraries offered facilities such as local studies and record libraries, and later computers.
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Post-war aspirations set new challenges for the countrys library services, which had already begun to expand considerably in the 1930s. Outwardly, new library buildings continued financial constraints permitting - to reflect civic pride and aspirations, while inside new layouts, fixtures and fittings provided for an increasingly middle-class readership. Childrens services were ever-more important, while larger libraries offered facilities such as local studies and record libraries, and later computers.
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