Abstract
This paper introduces the public library and the problems of its location into the wider context of town planning. The difficulty of understanding the relationships between libraries and other town facilities is presented. The mathematical tool of cluster analysis is offered as a way of exploring these relationships and is explained in a simple manner, together with an example. The conclusions tend to confirm that public libraries are not "self-sufficient" or related to one or two other activities only, but are highly dependent on their links with a large number of dfferent types of activity.
This paper was read to a "24-hour Workshop" on Libraries in New and Expanding Towns at Grafham Water Residential Centre, Huntingdon, on 11/12 March 1970.
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