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Parr, Linda Jean. "The history of libraries in Halifax & Huddersfield from the mid-sixteenth century to the coming of the public libraries." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2003. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1382936/.
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This thesis explores the development of libraries and associated subjects such as the book trade in Halifax and Huddersfield and their environs as defined by Halifax parish and Almondbury, Huddersfield, Kirkburton and Kirkheaton parishes. Chronologically it covers a period of over three centuries from the mid-sixteenth century to the coming of the public libraries in Halifax in 1882 and in Huddersfield in 1898. The Introduction outlines reasons for undertaking this study and includes a literature review. It is followed by six chapters. Chapter 1 describes the economic, religious and educational background to the area to 1830. Chapter 2 on writing, the book trade and libraries from the mid-sixteenth century to the mid-eighteenth century covers the development of bookselling and printing, Church of England and nonconformist libraries and school libraries. Chapter 3 on the book trade and libraries from the mid-eighteenth century to 1830 comprises sections on bookselling and printing, reading and private collections, school libraries, book clubs, subscription libraries, newsrooms, commercial circulating libraries and libraries of churches, chapels and religious organisations. Chapter 4 continues with the economic, religious and educational background for the second part of this study 1830-c. 90. Chapter 5 on secular libraries from 1830 to the coming of the public libraries includes bookselling and printing, reading and private collections, school libraries, subscription libraries, literary and philosophical society libraries and other special libraries, mechanics' institute libraries, factory libraries, commercial circulating libraries, newsrooms and co-operative society libraries. Chapter 6 on libraries attached to churches, chapels and religious organisations for the same period comprises sections on libraries of the Church of England, nonconformist chapels, the Society of Friends and Sunday schools. An Epilogue describes the introduction of public libraries in Halifax and Huddersfield, but their subsequent history is excluded. The thesis ends with a Conclusion.
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Laishley, Kathleen Mary. "Cape Town City Libraries: 1952-1972." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4063.
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Magister Artium - MAThe purpose of the study is to investigate the history and development of the Cape Town City Libraries (CTCL) from 1952-1972 and examine the effect of apartheid legislation on establishing a public library system. The study looks at one library service, how it was established, how it adapted to the political and social forces of the time and the services it delivered. Data was sourced from the surviving CTCL archives, interviewing people who worked for CTCL and researching relevant material in the National Library and Archives. Public libraries have aims and functions which are underpinned by a philosophy of free and equal access to all and access to knowledge and books. IFLA defines a public library as an organization that: provides access to knowledge, information and works of imagination through a range of resources and services and is equally available to all members of the community regardless of race, nationality, age, gender, religion, language… (Koontz & Gubbins, 2010). Legislation introduced by the National Party enforced segregation and controlled access to knowledge and books which brought CTCL into conflict with library philosophy. This legislation determined who the CTCL could serve, where they could serve them and what they could serve them. The findings show that CTCL extended the library service to more people and increased the number of facilities, membership and circulation but in a segregated manner. Censorship legislation affected library stock but also induced self-censorship amongst librarians further restricting what was available to patrons. Staff were treated differently because of their racial group
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Gregory, Robyn V., and robyng@whest org au. "Corrupt cops, crooked docs, prevaricating pollies and 'mad radicals' : a history of abortion law reform in Victoria, 1959-1974." RMIT University. Social Science and Planning, 2004. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20090925.104458.
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This dissertation explores the history of abortion law reform in Victoria between 1959 and 1974, contextualised in a feminist politics of reproduction. The aim of the research is to investigate the extent to which the history of abortion law reform in this state can be understood as part of the struggle of women for sexual self-determination and hence for full citizenship. As a result, one of the principal objectives of the thesis is to analyse the basis on which abortion is available in Victoria. The research draws on historical data, using the records of relevant contemporary organisations, the press, and interviews with some of the key people involved in advocating abortion law reform. In particular, the dissertation documents the abortion law reform experiences and struggles of Victorian women, including the attempts they made to contest their historic exclusion from participation in policy formulation and legislation related to reproduction. It begins with t he consolidation of the Crimes Act in 1958 and ends in 1974'with the passing of the national health and associated bills, which ensured public funding for abortion procedures. Social, political and economic changes in the preceding century led to overwhelming public support for abortion law reform in line with changing social mores and advances in reproductive science. But this did not result in legislative change enacted by a responsive and democratic government. Rather, the history of abortion law reform in Victoria is shown to be a case study of conflict, co-operation, co-option and collusion in five main arenas of vested interest. The first of these was state interest in fertility control, and thus women's sexual behaviour, as a reflection of national concerns about the size and composition of the Australian population. The second was a struggle for industrial control of a lucrative abortion industry, supported by systemic police corruption, medical corruption and collusion by politicians and officers of the Crown Law Department. The third factor was the political manoeuvring of a government determined to retain power by framing abortion as a medical rather than a legislativ e problem. Conflict between community calls for abortion law reform to protect doctors from prosecution on the one hand, and a political requirement for preference votes from the Democratic Labor Party on the other, was resolved in favour of the latter. The fourth factor was the professional struggle for medical control over reproduction, supported by civil liberties activists and liberal feminists seeking access to abortion without engaging in questions of political control over decision-making. The struggle by an increasingly organised feminist movement to reframe abortion as a political issue related to women's sexual self-determination, expressed as control over reproductive decision-making, was the final factor. As such, the dissertation is as much a case study of the factors at play in attempting to effect change in a capitalist patriarchy, as it is about abortion law reform per se. The thesis is organised within a historical framework that provides both an overview of the time period under consideration and a detailed account of the various struggles that took place within that period. The chapters are set out around the key events that shaped and were shaped by the struggle for law reform. These include the Menhennitt Ruling in 1969, the Kaye Inquiry into police corruption in 1970, the Medical Practices Clarification Bill in federal parliament in 1973 and the Proposed Abortion Inquiry in state parliament in 1973. I focus on those groups that had control over abortion policy and practice, as well as the main groups that worked to influence those bodies. These include churches, the media, political parties, and social movements - in particular the actions and attitudes of civil liberties and feminist groups. The conclusion locates the history of abortion law reform within the current socio-political and economic context, encouraging an examination of contemporary questions regarding women's control over reproductive decision-making. This includes an exploration of whether sexual self-determination and the human rights necessary to achieve full citizenship are possible for women given the deleterious impact ofneo-liberal ideology on funding those programs and policies that work towards equality, rather than 'choice', and freedom from oppression, rather than individual 'rights'.
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Hazelwood, Jennifer University of Ballarat. "A public want and a public duty [manuscript] : the role of the Mechanics' Institute in the cultural, social and educational development of Ballarat from 1851 to 1880." University of Ballarat, 2007. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/12800.
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Mechanics’ Institutes were an integral element of the nineteenth-century British adult education movement, which was itself part of an on-going radicalisation of the working class. Such was the popularity of Mechanics’ Institutes, and so reflective of contemporary British cultural philosophy, that they were copied throughout the British Empire. The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, established in 1859, instilled a powerful, male-gendered British middle-class influence over the cultural, social and educational development of the Ballarat city. The focus of this study is to identify and analyse the significance of the contribution made by the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute to the evolving cultural development of the wider Ballarat community, with a particular emphasis on the gender and class dimensions of this influence. This is done within the context of debates about ‘radical fragments’ and ‘egalitarianism’. Utilizing a methodology based on an extensive review of archival records, contemporary newspapers held at the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, and previously published research, this study was able to show that, during the period from its inception in 1859 to 1880, the Institute became a focal point for numerous cultural, social and educational activities. As one of the few institutions open to all classes, it was in a position to provide a significant influence over the developing culture of the Ballarat community. The study has also identified the use made of the Institute’s School of Design by women and the contribution of these educational classes to preparing women for employment outside their traditional roles of wives and mothers. The thesis argues that despite some early radical elements, the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute initially espoused liberal egalitarian values. By 1880, however, the Institute was more readily identifiable as reflecting British, male, middle-class values.Doctor of Philosophy
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Hazelwood, Jennifer. "A public want and a public duty [manuscript] : the role of the Mechanics' Institute in the cultural, social and educational development of Ballarat from 1851 to 1880." University of Ballarat, 2007. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/14635.
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Mechanics’ Institutes were an integral element of the nineteenth-century British adult education movement, which was itself part of an on-going radicalisation of the working class. Such was the popularity of Mechanics’ Institutes, and so reflective of contemporary British cultural philosophy, that they were copied throughout the British Empire. The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, established in 1859, instilled a powerful, male-gendered British middle-class influence over the cultural, social and educational development of the Ballarat city. The focus of this study is to identify and analyse the significance of the contribution made by the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute to the evolving cultural development of the wider Ballarat community, with a particular emphasis on the gender and class dimensions of this influence. This is done within the context of debates about ‘radical fragments’ and ‘egalitarianism’. Utilizing a methodology based on an extensive review of archival records, contemporary newspapers held at the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, and previously published research, this study was able to show that, during the period from its inception in 1859 to 1880, the Institute became a focal point for numerous cultural, social and educational activities. As one of the few institutions open to all classes, it was in a position to provide a significant influence over the developing culture of the Ballarat community. The study has also identified the use made of the Institute’s School of Design by women and the contribution of these educational classes to preparing women for employment outside their traditional roles of wives and mothers. The thesis argues that despite some early radical elements, the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute initially espoused liberal egalitarian values. By 1880, however, the Institute was more readily identifiable as reflecting British, male, middle-class values.Doctor of Philosophy
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Tatnall, Arthur, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "A curriculum history of business computing in Victorian Tertiary Institutions from 1960-1985." Deakin University, 1993. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20051201.145413.
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Fifty years ago there were no stored-program electronic computers in the world. Even thirty years ago a computer was something that few organisations could afford, and few people could use. Suddenly, in the 1960s and 70s, everything changed and computers began to become accessible. Today* the need for education in Business Computing is generally acknowledged, with each of Victoria's seven universities offering courses of this type. What happened to promote the extremely rapid adoption of such courses is the subject of this thesis.
I will argue that although Computer Science began in Australia's universities of the 1950s, courses in Business Computing commenced in the 1960s due to the requirement of the Commonwealth Government for computing professionals to fulfil its growing administrative needs. The Commonwealth developed Programmer-in-Training courses were later devolved to the new Colleges of Advanced Education. The movement of several key figures from the Commonwealth Public Service to take up positions in Victorian CAEs was significant, and the courses they subsequently developed became the model for many future courses in Business Computing. The reluctance of the universities to become involved in what they saw as little more than vocational training, opened the way for the CAEs to develop this curriculum area.
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Andrews, Alfred 1955. "Football : the people's game." Monash University, Dept. of History, 2001. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/9104.
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Haigh, Colleen, and n/a. "A history of the School Library Association in Canberra and District : the first decade 1971-1981." University of Canberra. Communication, 1988. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060714.120926.
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This study traces many of the highlights which occurred during the first decade of the
history of the School Library Association in Canberra and District (SLACAD). The
roots of this association lie deep in the history of school libraries and teacherlibrarianship
in Australia. Many SLACAD members belonged to other state school
library associations and to the Australian School Library Association (ASLA)
confederation since the establishment of these associations in the 1960's. These
teacher-librarians have been dedicated in their attempts to further the cause of school
libraries and their teacher-librarianship profession. The decade covered by this study
embraces the greatest period of expansion in the development of school libraries seen in
Australian history. During this decade the A.C.T. established an independent education
system and it took many years for the A.C.T. Schools Authority administration to
finalise its organisation. SLACAD members were anxious that school libraries in the
A.C.T. should keep pace with school libraries in other Australian states and this study
documents the constant efforts of its members to obtain improvements in school
librarianship. Teacher-librarians in the A.C.T. have continued to maintain a close
liaison with ASLA and many A.C.T. teacher-librarians have held executive office in
ASLA. SLACAD has hosted seminars and conferences and this study documents
numerous submissions and reports which were a necessary feature of the expanding
A.C.T. school library association milieu.
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Parker, Pauline Frances, and paulinefparker@gmail com. "Girls, Empowerment and Education: a History of the Mac. Robertson Girls' High School 1905-2005." RMIT University. Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, 2007. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080516.164340.
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Despite the considerable significance of publicly funded education in the making of Australian society, state school histories are few in number. In comparison, most corporate and private schools have cemented their sense of community and tradition through full-length publications. This history attempts to redress this imbalance. It is an important social history because this school, Mac.Robertson Girls' High School can trace its origins back to 1905, to the very beginnings of state secondary education when the Melbourne Continuation School (MCS), later Melbourne High School (MHS) and Melbourne Girls' high School (MGHS) was established. Since it is now recognised that there are substantial state, regional and other differences between schools and their local communities, studies of individual schools are needed to underpin more general overviews of particular issues. This history, then, has wider significance: it traces strands of the development of girls' education in Victoria, thus examining the significance and dynamics of single-sex schooling, the education of girls more generally, and, importantly, girls' own experiences (and memories of experiences) of secondary schooling, as well as the meaning they made of those experiences. 'Girls, Education and Empowerment: A History of The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School 1905-2005', departs from traditional models of school history writing that tend to focus on the decision-makers and bureaucrats in education as well as documenting the most 'successful' former students who have made their mark in the world. Drawing on numerous narrative sources and documentary evidence, this history is organised thematically to contextualise and examine what is was like, and meant, to be a girl at this school (Melbourne Continuation School 1905-12; Melbourne High School 1912-27; Melbourne Girls' High School 1927-34, and Mac.Robertson Girls' High School from 1934) during a century of immense social, economic, political and educational change.
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Moore, Laurence James, and res cand@acu edu au. "Sing to the Lord a New Song: a Study of changing musical practices in the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, 1861-1901." Australian Catholic University. School of Arts and Sciences, 2004. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp49.29082005.
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The latter half of the 19th century was a time of immense change in Presbyterianism worldwide in respect of the role of music in worship. Within this period the long tradition of unaccompanied congregational psalmody gave way to the introduction of hymnody, instrumental music (initially provided by harmoniums and later by pipe organs) and choral music in the form of anthems. The Presbyterian Church of Victoria, formed in 1859 as a union of the Church of Scotland and the majority of the Free Presbyterian and the United Presbyterian churches and numerically the strongest branch of Presbyterianism in Australia, was to the forefront in embracing this tide of change. Beginning in 1861with the proposal for the compilation of a colonial hymnbook, issues associated with musical repertoire and practice occupied a prominent place in discussions and decision making over the next 30 years. Between 1861 and 1901 hymnody was successfully introduced into church worship with the adoption of three hymnals in 1867, 1883 and 1898. Programs of music education were devised for the teaching of the new repertoire and for improving the standard of congregational singing. A hallmark tradition of Presbyterianism was overturned with the introduction of instruments into worship, initially as a support for congregational singing but in time as providers of purely instrumental music also. The profile of the choir changed dramatically. Making extensive use of primary sources, this study aims to document the process of change in Victoria between 1861 and 1901, exploring the rationales underlying decisions taken and historical factors facilitating change. Musical developments in Victoria are viewed in the context of those elsewhere, especially Scotland and of general changes in aesthetic taste. The study concludes that the process of musical change shows the Presbyterian Church of Victoria to have been a forwardlooking and well-endowed institution with the confidence to take initiatives independent of Scottish control. It is also concluded that changes in musical practice within the worship of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria reflect developments taking place in other denominations and the changing aesthetic tastes of the Victorian era.
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Campbell, Coral, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Science education in primary schools in a state of change." Deakin University, 2000. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20050815.101333.
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Through a longitudinal study of one teacher's science teaching practice set in the context of her base school, this thesis records the effects of the structural and policy changes that have occurred in Victorian education over the past 6-7 years - the 'Kennett era'. Initially, the purpose of the study was to investigate the teacher's practice with the view to improving it. For this, an action research approach was adopted. Across the year 1998, the teacher undertook an innovative science program with two grades, documenting the approach and outcomes. Several other teachers were involved in the project and their personal observations and comments were to form part of the data. This research project was set in the context of a single primary school and case study methodology was used to document the broader situational and daily influences which affected the teacher's practice. It was apparent soon after starting the action research that there were factors which did not allow for the development of the project along the intended lines. By the end of the project, the teacher felt that the action research had been distorted - specifically there had been no opportunity for critical reflection. The collaborative nature of the project did not seem to work. The teacher started to wonder just what had gone wrong. It was only after a break from the school environment that the teacher-researcher had the opportunity to really reflect on what had been happening in her teaching practice. This reflection took into account the huge amount of data generated from the context of the school but essentially reflected on the massive number of changes that were occurring in all schools. Several issues began to emerge which directly affected teaching practice and determined whether teachers had the opportunity to be self-reflective. These issues were identified as changes in curriculum and the teaching role, increased workload, changed power relations and changed security/morale on the professional context.
This thesis investigates the structural and policy changes occurring in Victorian education by reference to documentation and the lived experiences of teachers. It studies how the emerging issues affect the practices of teachers, particularly the teacher-researcher. The case study has now evolved to take in the broader context of the policy and structural changes whilst the action research has expanded to look at the ability of a teacher to be self-reflective: a meta-action research perspective. In concluding, the teacher-researcher reflects on the significance of the research in light of the recent change in state government and the increased government importance placed on science education in the primary context.
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Shields, Remesia. "William Beer: An Englishman's Role in Libraries, Literature and Society in New Orleans, 1891-1927." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2013. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1669.
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In 1891, an Englishman named William Beer arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana, to take up the position as librarian of Tulane University's Howard Library. Beer quickly gained a reputation as a competent and knowledgeable librarian by bolstering the Louisiana collection at the Howard Library with maps, rare books and Louisiana historical documents. In 1896, Beer played a central role in the organization and opening of the first free and public library in New Orleans, the Fisk Free and Public Library. Beer befriended many well-known authors of New Orleans literature including George Washington Cable, Grace King, Mollie Moore Davis and Mary Ashley Townsend. Beer's influence in New Orleans and its literature, and his roles as librarian and instigator of literature have hitherto been largely ignored. This paper will argue that Beer created the foundations of a New Orleans literary culture.
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Lagerqvist, Hanna. ""Förtroende till det läsande folket!" : Folkbiblioteket och folkbildningen under sekelskiftet 1900." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för ABM, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-253839.
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The purpous of this master’s thesis is to explore how the swedish public library evolved between 1890-1911, before the state implemented the library reform in 1912. The material used to cunduct the study concists mainly of texts published during the time frame of the thesis in the form of books, booklets and articles from Folkbiblioteksbladet, a journal dedicated to the subject of the swedish public library. Drawing upon Habermas theory of the structural transformation of the public sphere and Bourdieus theories about taste as social distinction and symbolic capital, the thesis seeks to show how the public participated in the evolvement of the public library and which aspects of society that contributed to the public library’s establishment as an institution. The findings are also discussed in relation to previous research of the history of the Swedish public library. In summary, the study shows that the public library evolved as part of a larger aim to educate the masses with help from what was seen as ”good” litterature. It also shows that even though the higher classes decided the premisses for public education and the public library, some of the ideas were shared by the working class despite their different political goals.
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Bouchareb, Hind. "Penser et mettre en oeuvre la lecture publique : discours, débats et initiatives (1918-1945)." Thesis, Lyon, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LYSE2049/document.
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C’est dans les années 1910 qu’apparut l’expression de lecture publique, qui se popularisa dans les décennies suivantes. Elle désignait alors le service rendu par les bibliothèques publiques, entendues comme bibliothèques ouvertes à tous, qu’elles dépendent de collectivités publiques ou de groupements privés. C’était un nouveau modèle de bibliothèque que défendaient les « modernistes », ces bibliothécaires appelant, à travers leurs discours, à la modernisation des bibliothèques publiques, c’est-à-dire à l’application de mesures propres à organiser la lecture publique et à ouvrir les bibliothèques au plus grand nombre. Pour autant, tous les modernistes n’avaient pas exactement les mêmes motivations ni les mêmes opinions : le développement de la lecture publique n’a pas été aussi linéaire et progressif que l’histoire des bibliothèques a pu le laisser croire. Il importait donc d’étudier comment s’était forgé cet idéal moderniste, quelles en étaient les nuances et les limites, et l’évolution qu’il avait connue de la fin de la Première guerre mondiale à la création de la Direction des bibliothèques et de la lecture publique, à la Libération. Par ailleurs, la définition de la lecture publique était inhérente à la construction de l'identité professionnelle des bibliothécaires, qui s'opérait à cette période. Une grande attention a ainsi été portée aux parcours professionnels des acteurs de la lecture publique, ainsi qu'à leur formation et à leurs réseaux, pour comprendre les diverses influences qui s'exerçaient alors. Ce travail s'appuie sur la littérature professionnelle de l'époque et sur des sources archivistiques nombreuses et variées (archives de l'inspection générale des bibliothèques, de l'Association des bibliothécaires français, de l'Association pour le développement de la lecture publique, archives de bibliothèques municipales, archives privées...). Peu exploitées jusqu'à alors, elles ont permis de renouveler le regard traditionnellement porté sur les débuts de la lecture publique en FranceThe phrase « lecture publique » appeared in the 1910's and spread in the following decades. It meant the activity of public libraries, libraries opened to everyone, whichever their legal status. It was a new paradigm for libraries that « modernists » advocated for ; the « modernists » were librarians who demanded public libraries' modernisation, which consisted in organizing the service and opening libraries to the general public. Nevertheless, modernists did not share the same exact motivations nor the same opinions : public libraries development was not so linear and gradual that the history of libraries led to believe. Therefore, it was important to study how this modernist ideal was created, which were its variations and limits, and how it had evolved from the First World War to the creation of the « Direction des bibliothèques et de la lecture publique » in 1945.Furthermore, defining the concept of « lecture publique » was inseparable from the process of professional identity construction which took place at this time. That is why working lives, trainings and networks of active public librarians were closely examined, in order to understand the influences at stake.This work is based on professional literature and varied archival sources (archives of the general inspection of libraries, the Association des bibliothécaires français, the Association pour le développement de la lecture publique, archives of public libraries and librarians...). Barely studied before, they allowed us to change the traditional outlook on the beginnings of modern public libraries in France
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Parsons, Thad. "Science collection, exhibition, and display in public museums in Britain from World War Two through the 1960s." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2009. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:16cadaac-fb44-4edf-9063-d6ee6a9ffd09.
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Science and technology is regularly featured on radio, in newspapers, and on television, but most people only get firsthand exposure to ‘cutting-edge’ technologies in museums and other exhibitions. During this period, the Science Museum was the only permanent national presentation of science and technology. Thus, it is important to acknowledge the Museum’s history and the socio-political framework in which it operated. Understanding the delays in the Museum’s physical development is critical, as is understanding the gradual changes in the Museum’s educational provision, audience, and purpose. While the Museum was the main national exhibition space, the Festival of Britain in 1951 also provided a platform for the presentation of science and technology and was a statement of Britain’s place within the new post-War world. Specifically, within its narrative, the Festival addressed the relationship between the arts and the sciences and the influence of science and technology on daily life. Another example of the presentation of science was the quest for a planetarium in London - a story that involves the Science Museum, entrepreneurs, and Madame Tussauds. Comparing the Museum’s efforts with successful planetarium schemes isolates several of the Museum’s weaknesses - for example, the lack of consistent leadership and the lack of administrative and financial freedom - that are touched on throughout the work. Since most of this history is unknown, this work provides a fundamental basis for understanding the Museum’s current position, for making connections and comparisons that can apply to similar problems at other institutions, and for learning lessons from the struggles that can, in turn, be applied to other institutions.
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Ruiz, Fargas Marina. "La biblioteca del Convent de Santa Caterina de Barcelona sota el mecenatge de fra Tomàs Ripoll, 1699-1747." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/669226.
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El Convent de Santa Caterina, dels dominics, va ser un dels més importants de Barcelona. Fundat l’any 1219, va ser enderrocat per ordre del municipi el 1836, tot i que ja es trobava en molt mal estat i desocupat després de la bullanga del 25 de juliol del 1835, que el va cremar parcialment. Tot i calcular que la meitat del fons de la seva biblioteca es va destruir o dispersar, actualment s’han identificat prop de 6.000 edicions que en procedeixen, dipositades al CRAI Biblioteca de Reserva de la Universitat de Barcelona arran de la desamortització.
Va ser una característica singular del convent el fet de trobar-se estretament vinculat a la ciutat, a través no només de la seva activitat pastoral i de predicació, sinó també de les institucions d’ensenyament i acadèmiques que s’hi trobaven, així com de les diferents confraries que l’havien elegit com a seu.
La biblioteca va constituir una basa important en la destacada participació de Santa Caterina en la vida cultural barcelonina, i en el programa de reivindicació del paper del convent dut a terme a través del mecenatge exercit per fra Tomàs Ripoll (1653-1747). Amb residència gairebé permanent a Roma des de l’any 1702 –primer com a soci del Mestre de l’Orde i a partir de 1725 en la cúspide dels dominics– es va dedicar a beneficiar substanciosament i sense treva la seva comunitat d’origen, i molt especialment la biblioteca. Una acció duta a terme al llarg de pràcticament mig segle, amb la inspiració de les riques col·leccions romanes i el concurs de diversos col·laboradors, i que va suposar l’ingrés d’una gran quantitat de llibres. La col·lecció reunia 15.000 volums, segons una font de la segona meitat del set-cents. Un cabal bibliogràfic les matèries del qual havien de satisfer tant el carisma de l’orde com el públic forà usuari de la biblioteca, que va esdevenir una de les principals de la ciutat.
El paper que va complir al servei de la comunitat de Santa Caterina ha estat estudiat a la llum de la tradició i de la normativa de l’Orde dels Predicadors, per a què la biblioteca era una peça essencial. Si la missió principal dels dominics, des dels orígens, era la defensa de la fe catòlica enfront de l’heretgia i la predicació per a la salvació de les ànimes, aquesta només podia ser acomplerta a través de l’estudi i dels llibres. Hem descobert, així, l’afany que es va produir per constituir biblioteques estables a cada un dels cenobis, dotades d’un bibliotecari, i la preocupació per evitar la fuga de llibres. A la vegada, els dictats emanats dels capítols generals respecte a la necessitat d’estudiar, conservar i difondre els escrits necessaris per a la construcció d’una memòria i d’una identitat dominiques també troben un correlat diàfan en la biblioteca.
Al seu torn, la qualitat de pública de la biblioteca cateriniana -va obrir oficialmente les seves portes el 1736- és un dels seus aspectes més interessants. Es revela tant en les matèries contingudes com ens els testimonis del seu ús per part d’estudiosos aliens al cenobi : religiosos i seglars, tant autòctons com estrangers.
Però res hauria estat possible sense l’acció dels bibliotecaris, que van dur a terme una tasca que es manifesta sobretot en els catàlegs manuscrits que han sobreviscut. L’estudi dels produïts durant l’etapa objectiu del nostre treball ens han permès establir algunes línies fonamentals d’una biblioteconomia cateriniana, en un moment en què, degut principalment a la incessant arribada de llibres comprats per fra Ripoll, la construcció d’un nou espai per a la col·lecció, i l’obertura d’aquesta al públic, ens trobem davant d’un període d’autèntica efervescència catalogràfica.
Bona part dels aspectes ja citats, i encara d’altres, han pogut ser determinats gràcies a la identificació i registre dels llibres marcats amb una nota de compra manuscrita reveladora del mecenatge de fra Tomàs Ripoll. La descripció d’aquest grup d’edicions constitueix l’apèndix principal del treball, mentre que la descoberta d’un elevat nombre de llibres procedents de la biblioteca de Pau Ignasi de Dalmases i Ros (1670-1718) –adquirida en part pel convent– ha esdevingut un resultat inesperat i valuós.The library of the Dominicans of Saint Catherine of Barcelona was one of the most important collections of the city, until July of 1835, when the convent was burnt during a riot. The intervention of Tomàs Ripoll (1653-1747) in favour of the library was essential during the first half of the eighteenth century. Ripoll lived for almost fifty years in Rome, first as an assistant to the Master General and then as Master General himself. From his residence in Santa Maria sopra Minerva and with the help of several collaborators, he patronized Saint Catherine, where he had started his religious life, by giving considerable amounts of money for the reconstruction of the building after the destruction caused by wars, and by buying a huge quantity of books for the library. His principal aim was to restore the prestige and influence of his Catalan community of friars. This PhD thesis gives an overview of the history of Saint Catherine, and concentrates on the role played in the cultural and social life of eighteenth century Barcelona by the Dominicans. It also offers a biography of Tomàs Ripoll and explores the mechanisms and resources dedicated to the promotion of the library, as well as the inspiration he drew from the rich Roman libraries of the time, specially the Casanatense. As far as the collection is concerned, emphasis is given to the vision of the Order of Saint Dominic regarding libraries. One of the main objectives of this research has been to determine a Saint Catherine’s librarianship. A key element in this approach has been an in-depth exam, description and interpretation of the surviving manuscript catalogues, as well as the analysis of a variety of evidences on a group of ca. 2.500 books, representing almost 2.000 editions, which constitutes the so called “Ripoll collection”. The professionalisation of the librarians has also been discussed, and special attention has been paid to the learned public that used the library, as the collection opened its doors officially to the city in 1736. Finally, the acquisition by the Barcelona Dominicans of a part of the important library of Pau Ignasi de Dalmases i Ros (1670-1718) has become an unexpected but most relevant matter.
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Glimryd, Daniel. "På tal om "mötesplatser" : Om folkbibliotekspersonals diskursiva språkanvändning." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för ABM, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-175844.
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This thesis is a discourse analysis analyzing public library librarians' talk on the subject of public library meeting places. Within the field of Library and Information Science the public libraries' functions as social meeting places have been scrutinized for more than a decade. Researchers in the Nordic countries in particular have looked at library users' use of the library space and have highlighted the sociologic dimensions of the public library and the meeting place functions. Few however have paid much attention to the library personnel's point of view. The discourse analysis perspective is about language use and how people construct the reality. Using the discourse psychology approach to discourse analysis as a basis of a discourse analytic framework this thesis examines how public library librarians use interpretative practises to construct versions of the phenomena talked about in order to suite the purpose of their talk. The analyzed data material is a transcript from a performed focus group where four public library librarians talked for about one hour on the subject of public library meeting places. The main findings is that the focus group members use eleven different interpretative repertoires in their talk. Interpretative repertoire is a close synonym to discourse. In Sweden the discourse analysis perspective in the Library information science is fairly new. Discourse analysis's made in the Library and information science has mostly been based upon written material. In the thesis it is suggested that there are differences in how discourse practises is being used in talk compared to how it is used in written texts. The talk seems richer on variations and more interpretative repertoires are to be found. The librarians in the focus group move seemingly free between discourses and subject positions. They don't just adapt to existing positions but also construct them to better suite their purposes. Different levels in the discourse order are not upheld in the talk. The impression is that the focus group participants float between discourses' subject positions and interpretative repertoires at all levels in a complex language-game allowing the librarians to take different stands that in a different context would be perceived as conflicting and problematic.
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Rabe, Roman. "100 Jahre Dresdner Öffentliche Bibliotheken in kommunaler Hand." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-63242.
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Im Januar 1910 übernahm die Stadt Dresden 18 Volksbibliotheken vom „Gemeinnützigen Verein zur Förderung der sittlichen, geistigen und ökonomischen Interessen der Bevölkerung Dresdens“ in eigene Verwaltung. Hintergründen und Wirkungen dieses unauffälligen, aber folgenreichen
Ereignisses der Dresdner Bibliotheksgeschichte geht der folgende Beitrag nach. Unauffällig ist das Datum auch deshalb geblieben, weil es mit keinem
visualisierbaren Ereignis verbunden ist. Keine Bibliothekseröffnung, keine städtische Feierstunde. Im Gegenteil, die Volksbibliotheken waren seit November 1909 komplett geschlossen. Um diese Situation zu verstehen, bedarf es eines Rückblicks.
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Björkman, Elin. "Utländska biblioteket i Karlskrona 1835–1864 : om högreståndskvinnors organisation och läsning." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för ABM, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-225271.
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This master's thesis studies Utländska biblioteket, a 19th century foreign literature subscription library in Karlskrona, Sweden. The aim of the thesis is to investigate Utländska biblioteket between 1835–1864. The material consists primarily of primary sources from the archive of Utländska biblioteket. The main primary sources are the library's accounts book, its minutes, and two book catalogs. Using analytical tools from Jürgen Habermas, feminist criticism of his ideas and from Pierre Bourdieu, as well as results from previous research on older library forms and female organization in the 19th century, the thesis answers questions relating to the library as a society, its members and its book collection. The investigation shows that Utländska biblioteket was a subscription library as well as a book circle. Based on its regulations, it should be viewed as a sort of public sphere, but in reality Utländska biblioteket was an exclusive group, consisting of a socially homogenous group of people who in large extent knew each other. Its members were in large part female and aristocratic. The reading of foreign literature and the focus on quality, can be viewed as an act of distinction. Utländska biblioteket was, compared to other similar libraries, unusual primarily because of its large female membership. This is in the thesis explained through the viewing of the library as a female organization, where the male members in part play a role as acting agents in the library's contact with for example book dealers. Also, the book collection shows proof of a certain female subject interest. Based on these facts, Utländska biblioteket can be viewed as a female counter public, where women created a space for themselves where they, through the literature and through the membership in a society, could reflect on their identities, as well as make claims on what a woman was and could do. This is a two years master's thesis in Archive, Library and Museum studies.
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PERRY, JAY MARTIN. "The Chinese Question: California, British Columbia, and the Making of Transnational Immigration Policy, 1847-1885." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1394761542.
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Tuomi, P. (Pirjo). "Kaunokirjallisuus suomalaiselle yleiselle kirjastolle haasteena, rasitteena ja mahdollisuutena:historiallis-argumentatiivinen tarkastelu suomalaisen yleisen kirjastolaitoksen suhteesta kaunokirjallisuuteen ja kirjalliseen järjestelmään." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2017. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526215389.
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Abstract The aim of the study is to indicate the role of fiction in the institutionalisation and subsequent developments of the Finnish public library in view of the traditions of literary sociology and organisation studies. To indicate and open this connection, the study depicts the relationship of professional librarianship in the public library to the literary system, and scrutinises the options this cultural and historical connection could provide to both the public library and other agents of the literary system today and in the future. The public library acquires, stores, intermediates, and advances fiction, using methods developed as a kind of innovation, and spread from one country to another as a result of the institutional isomorphic change. The public library emerged in the 19th century to fulfil informational-educational aims, but it developed quickly into the library or the readers. In view of this study, the questions of book selection of fiction in particular became a challenge for the public libraries that had to make compromises demanded by their environments. Later, in the 1960s, the challenges related to fiction in public libraries became more typically social. The library’s functions and tasks started to widen, and fiction became only one type of material among others—though still one favoured by the users of the library. Within the public library too, as well as within the literary field, one still discussed the criteria of fiction selection in the 1980s. The role of the public library as a cultural agency further weakened in the 1990s, when new tasks based on the objectives of the information society were posed to the library. In light of this and in view of the modern hybrid library, fiction and all printed material started to seem old-fashioned. In the 2000s, one indeed started to build the public library as a modern service agency where the significance of the space was emphasised at the expense of the collection. The study indicates that by emphasising the particular role of the public library as an agent of the literary system, one perhaps could enrich the whole literary system and its concept as well as affect the legitimacy and sufficiency of the resources of small libraries especiallyTiivistelmä Tutkimuksen tarkoitus on osoittaa kirjallisuussosiologisen ja organisaatiotutkimuksen tutkimusperinteitä hyödyntäen, minkälainen rooli kaunokirjallisuudella on erityisesti suomalaisen yleisen kirjaston institutionalisoitumisessa sekä myöhemmässä kehityksessä. Yhteyden osoittamiseksi ja avaamiseksi kuvaillaan yleisen kirjaston ja kirjastoammatillisuuden suhdetta kaunokirjalliseen järjestelmään, sekä tarkastellaan mahdollisuuksia, joita tämä kulttuurinen ja historiallinen sidos voi tarjota tänä päivänä ja tulevaisuudessa sekä yleiselle kirjastolle että kirjallisen järjestelmän muille toimijoille. Yleinen kirjasto hankkii, säilyttää, välittää ja edistää kaunokirjallisuutta käyttäen eräänlaisina innovaatioina kehittyneitä erityisiä menetelmiä, jotka ovat levinneet maasta toiseen yleisen kirjaston ja kirjastoammatillisuuden institutionaalisen samankaltaistumisen seurauksena. Yleinen kirjasto syntyi 1800-luvulla toteuttamaan tiedollis-sivistyksellisiä päämääriä, mutta nopeasti siitä kehittyi lukijoiden kirjasto. Tämän tutkimuksen näkökulmasta erityisesti kertomakirjallisuuden kirjavalinnan kysymyksistä tulikin yleiselle kirjastolle haaste, jossa jouduttiin tekemään toimintaympäristöstä johtuvia kompromisseja. Myöhemmin 1960-luvulla yleisen kirjaston kaunokirjallisuuteen liittyvät haasteet muuttuivat enemmän yhteiskunnallisiksi. Sen toimintoja ja tehtäväkenttää alettiin laajentaa, ja kaunokirjallisuudesta tuli kirjastossa vain yksi – tosin kirjastonkäyttäjien edelleen suosima – aineisto. Tosin sekä yleisen kirjaston sisällä että kirjallisella kentällä keskusteltiin vielä 1980-luvullakin kaunokirjallisen kokoelman valintakriteereistä. Yleisen kirjaston asema kulttuurilaitoksena heikkeni edelleen, kun 1990-luvulla kirjastolle asetettiin tietoyhteiskunnan tavoitteiden mukaisia uusia tehtäviä. Kaunokirjallisuus ja koko painettu kirjallisuus aineistona alkoivat tässä valossa ja modernin hybridikirjaston näkökulmasta näyttäytyä vanhanaikaisina. Yleisestä kirjastosta alettiinkin 2000-luvulla rakentaa modernia palvelulaitosta, jossa tilan merkitys korostui kokoelman kustannuksella. Tutkimuksessa osoitetaan, että korostamalla yleisen kirjaston erityislaatuista roolia kirjallisen järjestelmän toimijana voitaisiin rikastuttaa koko kirjallista järjestelmää ja sen käsitettä sekä mahdollisesti lisätä erityisesti pienten kirjastojen legitimiteettiä ja resurssien riittävyyttä
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Davies, Llewellyn Willis. "‘LOOK’ AND LOOK BACK: Using an auto/biographical lens to study the Australian documentary film industry, 1970 - 2010." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/154339.
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While much has been written on the Australian film and television
industry, little has been presented by actual producers,
filmmakers and technicians of their time and experiences within
that same industry. Similarly, with historical documentaries, it
has been academics rather than filmmakers who have led the
debate. This thesis addresses this shortcoming and bridges the
gap between practitioner experience and intellectual discussion,
synthesising the debate and providing an important contribution
from a filmmaker-academic, in its own way unique and insightful.
The thesis is presented in two voices. First, my voice, the
voice of memoir and recollected experience of my screen
adventures over 38 years within the Australian industry, mainly
producing historical documentaries for the ABC and the SBS. This
is represented in italics. The second half and the alternate
chapters provide the industry framework in which I worked with
particular emphasis on documentaries and how this evolved and
developed over a 40-year period, from 1970 to 2010.
Within these two voices are three layers against which this
history is reviewed and presented. Forming the base of the
pyramid is the broad Australian film industry made up of feature
films, documentary, television drama, animation and other types
and styles of production. Above this is the genre documentary
within this broad industry, and making up the small top tip of
the pyramid, the sub-genre of historical documentary. These form
the vertical structure within which industry issues are
discussed. Threading through it are the duel determinants of
production: ‘the market’ and ‘funding’.
Underpinning the industry is the involvement of government, both
state and federal, forming the three dimensional matrix for the
thesis. For over 100 years the Australian film industry has
depended on government support through subsidy, funding
mechanisms, development assistance, broadcast policy and
legislative provisions.
This thesis aims to weave together these industry layers, binding
them with the determinants of the market and funding, and
immersing them beneath layers of government legislation and
policy to present a new view of the Australian film industry.
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Helps, Lisa. "Bodies public, city spaces : becoming modern Victoria, British Columbia, 1871-1901." 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/850.
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Kalley, Jacqueline Audrey. "The effect of apartheid on the provision of public, provincial and community library services in South Africa with particular reference to the Transvaal." Thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/11391.
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Luyt, Brendan. "Regulating readers: the social origins of the readersâ advisor in the United States." 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105897.
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In this article I argue that the readersâ advisory service was a product of social forces operating in the context of early twentieth century capitalism. The work of French regulation theorists provides a framework for analyzing these forces using the concepts of regime of accumulation and mode of regulation. It suggests that American capitalism during this time was engaged in a process of defining a new mode of regulation capable of ensuring labor discipline and forging a market for consumer products among the public. The readersâ advisory service, in its efforts to develop a professional expertise for librarians, can be shown to be an experiment in contributing to the fulfillment of the needs imposed by the new mode of regulation. This experiment was conducted through the development of processes involving the legitimization of new ways of living, the â humanizationâ of books, the association of free time with the consumption of commodities, and the voluntary imposition of a system of discipline on patrons who availed themselves of the service.
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Watts, Sarah E. "Moving out of the corner and onto the web an evaluation of websites created for local history collections in public libraries /." 2006. http://ils.unc.edu/MSpapers/3196.pdf.
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Kimotho, James. "Public secondary school libraries in Nairobi and the satisfaction of the curriculum needs among history teachers." Thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/4482.
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The aim of this study is to investigate the level of awareness of history teachers in public secondary schools in Nairobi, Kenya, of the benefits of library use for the curriculum. The availability of school libraries in public secondary schools in Nairobi provided a context for this investigation into teacher library use. In order to establish if libraries are used effectively, or used at all, for curriculum purposes, literature on this was searched and little came from Nairobi or even Kenya. This lack of information in this area formed a justification for investigation because libraries exist in many public schools in Nairobi and they have the potential to have a positive influence.
A survey of literature internationally illustrates the degree of the serious attention both history as a discipline, and library and the curriculum receive. History is given attention because of its role in both maintaining and revolutionising order in a country. In the case of resource-based learning, many countries have shifted to a child-centred approach. This
requires much more use of libraries than traditional teaching methods.
The evaluation of teacher and librarian views was undertaken by means of a survey. In the survey questionnaires were used. The population was that provided by the Director of Education in Nairobi and a corresponding list of schools where teachers and librarians were employed is given.
The findings of the survey established the level of awareness of history teachers to resource based education that took account of library-curriculum partnership. The study established the need for greater attention towards school libraries in the allocation of budgets, building
resources that are needed, and management. Staff development of both teachers and librarians was suggested in order to promote resource-based education. To achieve this, a written policy on the management of school libraries is suggested.Thesis (M.I.S.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1999.
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Holloway, Rosemary Jean. "The history and the development of Kimberly Africana Library and its relationship with the Kimberly Public Library." Diss., 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3699.
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The study investigates the establishment and development of the Kimberley Africana Library and its mother institution, the Kimberley Public Library within the broader social, economical and political environment in which they took place. The history of these institutions is inextricable until 1984 when the public and Africana sections of the Library were separated and the Kimberley Africana Library was opened to the public in 1986. It was the exceptional collections of Africana and rare books which distinguished the Kimberley Public Library and the main factor which bound the history of these two institutions.
The Kimberley Public Library and its progeny the Kimberley Africana Library are the products of a new industrialised era which came about after the discovery of diamonds in South Africa. They emanated from an environment which produced the new wealth of the country, an almost uncharted region which was relatively new to the established British colonies.
In order to place the origins of and motivation for the establishment of the Kimberley Public Library and the Kimberley Africana Library in perspective, it is necessary in this study also to include an overview of the development of the diamond mining industry in Kimberley. This development, peculiar as it was to Kimberley, gave rise to the type of social and cultural milieu in which the Public Library was founded by the immigrants to this area. Also included in the study is a brief survey of the development of the library movement in South Africa and the role played by the Kimberley Public Library in the growth of this movement and in the expansion of public library services to the people of the country.
The history of the Kimberley Public/Africana Library which covers a period of more than a century is divided into three distinct periods, namely that which deals with the institution as a Subscription Library from 1882 until 1960 and, from 1961 as a free library under the jurisdiction of the Kimberley Municipality and affiliated to the Cape Provincial Library Service. The third period concerns the dichotomisation of the Kimberley Public Library and the establishment of the Kimberley Africana Library in 1986 to house the Library’s renowned collection of Africana and rare books. This section also deals with the period after 1994 when the Kimberley Libraries functioned under the new political dispensation in South Africa.
Emphasis is laid on the formation, nature and scope of the Africana Collection which was the raison d’etre for the establishment of the Kimberley Africana Library and the most significant of the items in the collection are broadly described.
The study concludes with an assessment of the challenges the Kimberley Africana Library faces and suggests ways and means of resolving these. An Appendix entitled The Founders and the Builders is added in order to elaborate on the exceptional contributions of several prominent Committee members and Librarians who controlled and managed these institutions from their inception in 1882 until 2008.Information Science
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Holloway, Rosemary Jean. "The history and development of the Kimberley Africana Library and its relationship with the Kimberley Public Library." Diss., 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3699.
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The study investigates the establishment and development of the Kimberley Africana Library and its mother institution, the Kimberley Public Library within the broader social, economical and political environment in which they took place. The history of these institutions is inextricable until 1984 when the public and Africana sections of the Library were separated and the Kimberley Africana Library was opened to the public in 1986. It was the exceptional collections of Africana and rare books which distinguished the Kimberley Public Library and the main factor which bound the history of these two institutions.
The Kimberley Public Library and its progeny the Kimberley Africana Library are the products of a new industrialised era which came about after the discovery of diamonds in South Africa. They emanated from an environment which produced the new wealth of the country, an almost uncharted region which was relatively new to the established British colonies.
In order to place the origins of and motivation for the establishment of the Kimberley Public Library and the Kimberley Africana Library in perspective, it is necessary in this study also to include an overview of the development of the diamond mining industry in Kimberley. This development, peculiar as it was to Kimberley, gave rise to the type of social and cultural milieu in which the Public Library was founded by the immigrants to this area. Also included in the study is a brief survey of the development of the library movement in South Africa and the role played by the Kimberley Public Library in the growth of this movement and in the expansion of public library services to the people of the country.
The history of the Kimberley Public/Africana Library which covers a period of more than a century is divided into three distinct periods, namely that which deals with the institution as a Subscription Library from 1882 until 1960 and, from 1961 as a free library under the jurisdiction of the Kimberley Municipality and affiliated to the Cape Provincial Library Service. The third period concerns the dichotomisation of the Kimberley Public Library and the establishment of the Kimberley Africana Library in 1986 to house the Library’s renowned collection of Africana and rare books. This section also deals with the period after 1994 when the Kimberley Libraries functioned under the new political dispensation in South Africa.
Emphasis is laid on the formation, nature and scope of the Africana Collection which was the raison d’etre for the establishment of the Kimberley Africana Library and the most significant of the items in the collection are broadly described.
The study concludes with an assessment of the challenges the Kimberley Africana Library faces and suggests ways and means of resolving these. An Appendix entitled The Founders and the Builders is added in order to elaborate on the exceptional contributions of several prominent Committee members and Librarians who controlled and managed these institutions from their inception in 1882 until 2008.Information Science
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Von, Beck M. K. E. L. B. (Margarethe Kunhild Ehrengard Luise Bodild). "The role of the South African public library in support of adult black illiterates in urban areas." Thesis, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17831.
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This study investigates the history of the phenomenon illiteracy and the response of the public library in selected countries for about one hundred and fifty years with particular focus on the Republic of south Africa. The influence that this manifestation has on the individual Black urban adult, the society in which the illiterate adult lives and the economy of the country are sharply focused. The principal argument is that public libraries have historically adapted their services to meet new social challenges, and in South Africa illiteracy among Black urban adults constitutes such a challenge. As an extension of its traditional educational function, the public library is beginning to meet this challenge in the role of literacy support. The reasons for the high illiteracy rate among the Black adult urban population are discussed in their historical context. As far as the methodology is concerned, extensive literature studies were undertaken on international as well as local data bases. Correspondence was entered into with overseas research institutes, academics and consultants.
Interviews were conducted to ascertain the most recent developments relating to the literacy problem in a well-defined geographical region. Conclusions are made to the effect that there is a historical imperative for the South African public library system to fully discharge its responsibility to Black South Africans. In order to achieve this the public library in South Africa should re-examine, re-interpret and extend its educational function to include the challenge of the role of literacy support. It is further reconunended that the Provincial Library services in south Africa should coordinate disparate efforts and activities in this regard. The marketing of the public library has become more important in the prevailing economic climate. If the public library wishes to remain an indispensable social institution in the lives of the citizens of South Africa and specifically if it takes the role of literacy support seriously, it will of necessity have to market its services. Other organizational implications for public libraries of this new challenge of literacy support are spelled out clearly and areas requiring further research are indicated.Information Studies
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Van, der Westhuizen Ethel Helmine. "Die bydrae van die Randfonteinse Openbare Biblioteek tot die Heropbou- en Ontwikkelingsprogram." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/6281.
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M.Inf.The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) is an integrated, coherent socioeconomic policy framework that seeks to mobilise all people and resources towards the final eradication of apartheid and the building of a democratic, non-racial and non-sexist future. It is clearly indicated in this policy document that the government is serious about the delivery of services to all people in South Africa. However, mention of library services is made only casually in the document, with libraries and information never being referred to in the same context. Information workers generally are nevertheless convinced that there are many areas in which library and information services can make a significant contribution to the success of the RDP. The purpose of the study was to determine whether the public library, with specific reference to the Randfontein Public Library, can make a contribution to the success of the RDP of South Africa. Data collection methods used included a study of literature and personal interviews with role players. During the analysis phase a brief overview was given of the South African history. The influence of this on the development of public libraries was researched, with special emphasis on the impact of the historical policy of separate development on libraries. It was found that, in the pre democratic era (before the 1994 elections), the Randfontein Public Library had indeed been influenced by apartheid laws, which resulted in inferior library services being provided to the previously disadvantaged groups in Randfontein. A chronological description of the transformation process within the library and information profession, including the guidelines of the national policy document, was given. It was found that information workers generally were aware of their responsibility towards the development of the previously disadvantaged groups, but that they lacked implementation guidelines. A demographic analysis of the Randfontein Magisterial District and a situation analysis of current Randfontein Public Library services were made to determine whether it was possible to make a contribution to the RDP. To determine the services that should be rendered by the Randfontein Public Library typical public library objectives in relation to RDP objectives were investigated. Both sets of objectives place high priority on development and therefore it was concluded that specific functions were to be performed to reach the identified development objectives. A distinction was made between primary and secondary functions. For the purpose of this study primary functions were defined as those performed to contribute towards RDP objectives, while secondary functions were deemed as those complementing the afore mentioned. In conclusion it was found that the Randfontein Public Library can make a contribution towards the actualisation of the RDP through prioritising primary functions and establishing links with organisations and individuals in the Randfontein community.
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Jones, Plummer Alston. "American public library service to the immigrant community, 1876-1948 a biographical history of the movement and its leaders : Jane Maud Campbell (1869-1947), John Foster Carr (1869-1939), Eleanor (Edwards) Ledbetter (1870-1954) and Edna Phillips (1890-1968) /." 1991. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/25735052.html.
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