Printed ephemera in British libraries

Abstract

In January of this year I was engaged by the Social Science and Government Committee of the Social Science Research Council ‘to carry out a broad review of the present position regarding the provision of printed ephemera in the social sciences in national, university, public and specialist libraries in Great Britain’. In this paper I should like to give an account of some of the more important findings of my research and to offer for discussion a number of recommendations designed to rationalize the acquisition of these important primary sources, to improve access to them, to provide an effective means of acquainting researchers with their existence and location, and to ensure that future library policies are compatible with the known and potential needs of social scientists.

Citation

Pemberton, J.E. (1972), "Printed ephemera in British libraries", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 24 No. 3, pp. 162-177. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb050328