TY - BOOK ID - 99388195 TI - Leisure and the rise of public library PY - 1995 SN - 185604131X 9781856041317 PB - London Library Association DB - UniCat KW - Public libraries KW - Great Britain KW - Management KW - 02 <09> KW - 027 KW - 027 Algemene bibliotheken KW - Algemene bibliotheken KW - 027 General libraries KW - General libraries KW - 02 <09> Bibliotheekwezen:--algemene geschiedenis KW - Bibliotheekwezen:--algemene geschiedenis UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:99388195 AB - This study of public library policy traces the origins of the leisure function to the reforms of the mid-19th century, describing how the differing approaches to fiction provision were determined by library committees according to the beliefs of their members. ER -