Libraries in society : a reader /
edited by David Gerard.
- London : New York : London : New York : Bingley ; K.G. Saur, Bingley ; K.G. Saur, 1978.
Selections of readings originally published 1950-1977 in various sources.
Bibliography: p. 157-163.
Jevons, S. The rationale of free public libraries -- Irwin, R. The library service in the welfare state -- Egan, M. The library and social structure -- Jolley, L. The function of the university library -- Harris, R. Some issues in political economy -- De Vleeschauwer, H.J. The phenomenology of the contemporary library -- Williams, R. The library's relation to the community -- Luckham, B. The public library -- Wasserman, P. The need for change -- Bundy, M.L. Urban information and public libraries -- Griffin, B. The paradox of the public library -- Dawes, L. Libraries, culture and blacks -- Groombridge, B. Open learning and libraries -- Abramov, K.I. and Skvortsov, V.V. The library's social role.