New Library World: Volume 82 Issue 1
Table of contents
Editorial
THE Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has told the House of Commons that the construction of the first phase of the British Library building at St Pancras is to go ahead. Work…
Comment
George McMurdo, Wilfred Ashworth, John Buchanan, WA Munford, Frank SmithThe passer‐by had already flipped a couple of smooth‐edged coins into the upturned flat cap when his eye was caught by the placard captioning the slightly shabby personage seated…
Commonplaces
Clive Bingley, Edwin Fleming, Allan BunchTHE WELCOME NEWS, late in November, that the government has finally given the go‐ahead to the first phase of building the new British Library headquarters at Somers Town next to…
My guest today is…
Robert ShallowI USED to get letters frequently from colleagues suggesting topics to write about in this column, but I never did anything more than to say thank you for them and, not…