The Past Public Library Observed: User Perceptions and Recollections of the Twentieth-Century British Public Library Recorded in the Mass-Observation Archive

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Black, Alistair
Format:	Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:	en
Published:	2006
Subjects:	Library Role Public Libraries Information Sources Archives Social Change Social History Foreign Countries Use Studies Users (Information) Evidence Organizational Change Historical Interpretation User Satisfaction (Information)
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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