'We don't do public libraries like we used to': Attitudes to public library buildings in the UK at the start of the 21st century

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-45

  Black, Alistair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

21st century; architecture and design; Mass Observation Archive; public libraries; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953073871     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: 17416477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961000610390991     Document Type: Article

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