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Libraries and reading in Finnish military hospitals during the Second World War.

From: Library Trends  |  Date: 1/1/2007  |  Author: Makinen, Ilkka

ABSTRACT

The ground for library work in Finnish military hospitals during World War II was prepared before the war by three different traditions of library activity. First, professional librarians and state library authorities tried to initiate hospital library work in Finnish hospitals as an extension of municipal library services. Impulses from abroad, mainly from Great Britain through the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), were important in this ...

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