New Library World: Volume 78 Issue 10

Comment

Graham Barnett, Joseph D Hendry, Alan Duckworth, Gerry M Smith, Peter Jackaman

BEFORE THE French Revolution a number of libraries were open to the public, often the result of public‐spirited donations on the part of local men of letters or wealthy bourgeois…

Commonplaces

Clive Bingley, Helen Moss, Clive Martin

AS THIS ISSUE OF NLW appears, the Library Association begins its Centenary Conference in London. I am delighted to have been invited to attend the inaugural session on October 4…

Bits and bobs

Robert Shallow

WRITING IN THE dog days is not easy, but it's not too worrying if what you write is to be published quickly, because then it will merge with all the other recess‐rubbish. However…