The Library World Volume 34 Issue 7

Abstract

LIBRARY activity has been very great since the year opened. On all sides librarians report issues which are greatly in excess of any previously reached. This has been interpreted by ourselves and by others as a reflex of the general unemployment. It is also due no doubt to the lack of pence on the part of many people for amusements, who find that reading is a cheap form of diversion. There can be no cause for anything but satisfaction in the fact that in such unhappy times our people turn to books. It is a hopeful sign, for the nation that reads gathers a resilience and buoyancy which can be got from few other activities.

Citation

(1932), "The Library World Volume 34 Issue 7", New Library World, Vol. 34 No. 7, pp. 168-192. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009152