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Ministry of Education: Further Education Branch: Public Libraries, General Registered...
Catalogue reference: ED 171
What's it about?
ED 171
Registered files of the Ministry of Education, Further Education Branch relating to matters of general policy on public libraries.This series also includes papers of the Roberts Committee on Public Libraries and of subsequent working parties.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ED 171
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Education: Further Education Branch: Public Libraries, General Registered Files (A Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945-1964
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registered files of the Ministry of Education, Further Education Branch relating to matters of general policy on public libraries.
This series also includes papers of the Roberts Committee on Public Libraries and of subsequent working parties.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also Records of the Arts and Libraries Branch and predecessor:
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- A file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Education, Further Education Branch, 1944-1963
- Ministry of Education, Further Education Branch 1, 1963-1964
- Ministry of Education, Further Education Branch 2, 1963-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 38 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Archives and libraries
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Under The Public Libraries Act 1919 county councils were empowered to adopt areas not included within the limits of existing library authorities established under the provisions of the Public Libraries Acts 1892 to 1901. Existing library authorities, not being the council of a county borough, had the option to relinquish their powers in favour of the council of the county.
In 1920 the Board of Education assumed departmental responsibility for public libraries in accordance with the provisions of the Public Libraries Act, 1919, with the exception of the power of financial sanction and audit which continued to rest with the Ministry of Health.
In the post-war period the Library Association, local authority associations and other bodies discussed with ministers proposals for the reorganisation and development of the public library service.
In 1957 a Committee on Public Libraries ('Roberts' Committee), under the chairmanship of Sir Sydney Roberts, was appointed to consider the structure of the public library service in England and Wales and to advise what changes, if any, should be made in the administrative arrangements, taking into account the relation of public libraries to other libraries. The committee's report was presented to Parliament in February, 1959 under the title, 'The Structure of the Public Library Service in England and Wales'.
In 1961 two working parties were appointed to advise on aspects of the Roberts report, dealing with matters concerning basic requirements for an efficient library service (Working Party A) and problems of inter-library co-operation (Working Party B).
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- The Structure of the Public Library Service in England and Wales (February, 1959, Cmnd 660)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6970/
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