Librarians at Leisure: Partnerships and historical accidents

Abstract

What is the function of the annual Public Libraries Group Weekend School, other than to prove that even if our public libraries are not all‐singing, all‐dancing, our chief librarians are? The final plenary session of this year's, for example, was self‐mockingly described as ‘the annual bloodletting’, raising spectres of Ancient Rome, innocent Christians, ravenous lions, bloodthirsty spectators. Yet the actual proceedings would scarce have raised a blush on a maiden's cheek, had any been present by the end of the course. Even the eagerly‐donned hair shirts seemed to be bespoke.

Citation

BARLOW, R. (1986), "Librarians at Leisure: Partnerships and historical accidents", New Library World, Vol. 87 No. 6, pp. 107-108. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb038681