The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland Volume 3: 1850–2000

• Frontmatter
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• pp. i-xxiv

• Introduction: sources and methodologies for the history of libraries in the modern era
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• pp. 1-6

• 1 - Libraries and the modern world by Alistair Black and Peter Hoare
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• pp. 7-18

Part One - Enlightening the Masses: the Public Library as Concept and Reality

• 2 - Introduction: the public library in concept and reality by Alistair Black
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• pp. 19-23

• 3 - The people's university: models of public library history by Alistair Black
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• pp. 24-39

• 4 - Libraries for leisure time by Robert Snape
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• pp. 40-55

• 5 - High seriousness: the reference and information role of the public library 1850–2000 by Bob Duckett
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• pp. 56-71

• 6 - Extending the public library 1850–1930 by Martin Hewitt
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• pp. 72-81

• 7 - Public library outreach and extension 1930–2000 by Dave Muddiman
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• pp. 82-91

• 8 - Public library services for children by Debbie Denham
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• pp. 92-109

• 9 - Public library people 1850–1919 by Paul Sturges
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• pp. 110-120

Part Two - The Voluntary Ethic: Libraries of our Own

• 10 - Introduction: libraries of our own by Alistair Black
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• pp. 121-124

• 11 - Circulating libraries in the Victorian age and after by Simon Eliot
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• pp. 125-146

• 12 - The subscription libraries and their members by Geoffrey Forster and Alan Bell
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• pp. 147-168

• 13 - Radical reading? Working-class libraries in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by Chris Baggs
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• pp. 169-179

• 14 - Private libraries and the collecting instinct by David Pearson
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• pp. 180-202

Part Three - Libraries for National Needs: Library Provision in the Public Sphere in the Countries of the British Isles

• 15 - Introduction: library provision in the countries of the British Isles by Peter Hoare
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• pp. 203-205

• 16 - The library scene in an English city: Newcastle upon Tyne libraries 1850–2000 by John C. Day
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• pp. 206-215

• 17 - Public libraries in Wales since 1862 by Philip Henry Jones
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• pp. 216-226

• 18 - The National Library of Wales by Lionel Madden
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• pp. 227-234

• 19 - The Scottish library scene by John C. Crawford
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• pp. 235-244

• 20 - The National Library of Scotland by Ian McGowan
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• pp. 245-252

• 21 - The Irish library scene by Catherine Moran and Pearl Quinn
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• pp. 253-265

• 22 - The National Library of Ireland by Gerard Long
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• pp. 266-276

Part Four - The Nation's Treasury: Britain's National Library as Concept and Reality

• 23 - Introduction: Britain's national library as concept and reality by Graham Jefcoate
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• pp. 277-280

• 24 - The British Museum Library 1857–1973 by P. R. Harris
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• pp. 281-298

• 25 - The British Library and its antecedents by John Hopson
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• pp. 299-316

Part Five - The Spirit of Enquiry: Higher Education and Libraries

• 26 - Introduction: Higher education and libraries by Peter Hoare
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• pp. 317-320

• 27 - The libraries of the ancient universities to the 1960s by Peter Hoare
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• pp. 321-344

• 28 - The libraries of the University of London to the 1960s by Bernard Naylor
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• pp. 345-356

• 29 - The Civic universities and their libraries by F. W. Ratcliffe
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• pp. 357-376

• 30 - Academic libraries and the expansion of higher education since the 1960s by Ian R. M. Mowat
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• pp. 377-402

Part Six - The Rise of Professional Society: Libraries for Specialist Areas

• 31 - Libraries and information for specialist areas by Jack Meadows
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• pp. 403-422

• 32 - The scientist and engineer and their need for information by Jack Meadows
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• pp. 423-437

• 33 - Information in the service of medicine by Antonia J. Bunch
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• pp. 438-452

• 34 - Lawyers and their libraries by Guy Holborn
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• pp. 453-469

• 35 - Spreading the Word: religious libraries in the ages of enthusiasm and secularism by Alan F. Jesson
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• pp. 470-481

• 36 - Government and parliamentary libraries by Christopher Murphy
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• pp. 482-493

• 37 - Company libraries by Alistair Black
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• pp. 494-502

• 38 - Rare-book libraries and the growth of humanities scholarship by B. C. Bloomfield
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• pp. 503-520

Part Seven - The Trade and its Tools: Librarians and Libraries in Action

• 39 - Introduction: librarians and libraries in action by Peter Hoare
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• pp. 521-524

• 40 - The interpretation of professional development in librarianship since 1850 by Ian Cornelius
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• pp. 525-533

• 41 - Education for librarianship by Dave Muddiman
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• pp. 534-542

• 42 - Women and Libraries by Julia Taylor McCain
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• pp. 543-547

• 43 - The feminisation of librarianship: the writings of Margaret Reed by Evelyn Kerslake
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• pp. 548-555

• 44 - Sharing the load: libraries in co-operation by Antonia J. Bunch
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• pp. 556-567

• 45 - Organising knowledge: cataloguing, classification and indexing in the modern library by Rodney M. Brunt
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• pp. 568-583

• 46 - Storehouses of knowledge: the free library movement and the birth of modern library architecture by Simon Pepper
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• pp. 584-608

Part Eight - Automation Pasts, Electronic Futures: the Digital Revolution

• 47 - Introduction: the digital revolution in society and in libraries by Graham Jefcoate
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• pp. 609-612

• 48 - Automating the library process by Eric Hunter
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• pp. 613-626

• 49 - Informatisation: libraries and the exploitation of electronic information services by Alistair S. Duff
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• pp. 627-638

• 50 - Libraries and librarians in the Information Age by Liz Chapman and Frank Webster
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• pp. 639-653

• Bibliography
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• pp. 654-697

• Index
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• pp. 698-737