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Main Author: Laugesen, Amanda
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ875946
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contents Finding "Another Great World": Australian Soldiers and Wartime Libraries Laugesen, Amanda Libraries Library Services Foreign Countries War Historical Interpretation Social History Military Personnel Use Studies Information Seeking User Needs (Information) Reading Attitudes Library Role Social Influences This article is an exploration of the relationship between Australian soldiers and wartime libraries in the First and Second World Wars. It examines the way soldiers, as readers, used a variety of libraries, including those of charitable organizations, the education libraries organized by military authorities, and the libraries formed in Prisoner of War camps. These libraries, and the books contained therein, played an important role in shaping the Australian soldier's experience and understanding of war. The story of Australian soldiers and their relationship to wartime libraries provides important insight into the historical relationship of readers and libraries, and into the importance of libraries for specific reading communities.
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spellingShingle Finding "Another Great World": Australian Soldiers and Wartime Libraries
Laugesen, Amanda
Libraries
Library Services
Foreign Countries
War
Historical Interpretation
Social History
Military Personnel
Use Studies
Information Seeking
User Needs (Information)
Reading Attitudes
Library Role
Social Influences
Finding "Another Great World": Australian Soldiers and Wartime Libraries Laugesen, Amanda Libraries Library Services Foreign Countries War Historical Interpretation Social History Military Personnel Use Studies Information Seeking User Needs (Information) Reading Attitudes Library Role Social Influences This article is an exploration of the relationship between Australian soldiers and wartime libraries in the First and Second World Wars. It examines the way soldiers, as readers, used a variety of libraries, including those of charitable organizations, the education libraries organized by military authorities, and the libraries formed in Prisoner of War camps. These libraries, and the books contained therein, played an important role in shaping the Australian soldier's experience and understanding of war. The story of Australian soldiers and their relationship to wartime libraries provides important insight into the historical relationship of readers and libraries, and into the importance of libraries for specific reading communities.
title Finding "Another Great World": Australian Soldiers and Wartime Libraries
topic Libraries
Library Services
Foreign Countries
War
Historical Interpretation
Social History
Military Personnel
Use Studies
Information Seeking
User Needs (Information)
Reading Attitudes
Library Role
Social Influences
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ875946