NON‐LIBRARIANSHIP: YESTERDAY'S CLOSED LIBRARIES

Abstract

Of the libraries in which I worked during my youth several closed for ever after I left them. There were two central libraries and four branch libraries between 1930 and 1939—now gone. I must add that the reason for closure was either a building's age or its unsuitability for modern needs. It is of the branch libraries that I write. These were situated in the inner wards of Birmingham; wards rapidly changing from a mixed industrial and residential to an entirely industrial use. The housing that remained was fast decaying into slums prior to depopulation and eventual demolition.

Citation

ALLAN WHATLEY, H. (1979), "NON‐LIBRARIANSHIP: YESTERDAY'S CLOSED LIBRARIES", Library Review, Vol. 28 No. 2, pp. 78-87. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012685