Johnson, Valerie Life after Fenwick: the rise, fall and future of library services for children in Australia.(Book review)

From: Australasian Public Libraries and InformationServices | Date: June 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Johnson, Valerie Life after Fenwick: the rise, fall and future of library services for children in Australia. Adelaide Auslib Press, 2007. ISBN 97809803330106 Price $44.00 plus $6.60p&h

Library services to children come under the microscope as Johnson traces this largely untold story from the late 1800s, through Sara Fenwick's 1966 report, until the present time. Johnson looks at the social change required to move from the early mechanics institutes' user pays services to government supported school and public library models. She also discusses the duality, and sometimes ...

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