What’s in a library? Or a bookshop? University of Paisley Library/John Smith & Son (Glasgow) Ltd, Scottish Schools Essay Competition

Abstract

Includes four outstanding essays from the Scottish Schools Essay Competition, illustrating how children see libraries and bookshops, and improvements they would like to see made. Demonstrates not only good creative writing, but an awareness, on the part of the young, of what is currently available and what could become available for the library/bookshop user. Includes some criticism and some praise, particularly with regard to the modern library.

Citation

Goodbody, J., Campbell‐Preston, E., Heaney, J. and Thomson, S. (1996), "What’s in a library? Or a bookshop? University of Paisley Library/John Smith & Son (Glasgow) Ltd, Scottish Schools Essay Competition", Library Review, Vol. 45 No. 5, pp. 54-62. https://doi.org/10.1108/00242539610122599