The establishment of the British Library may solve many problems for libraries but raises others. There is a need for considering the present system of library organization in Britain and comparing it with those of other European countries. A new administration based on regional systems is suggested with a view to stimulating further discussion. Edited version of an address given at a joint meeting of SCONUL and the University, College and Research Section of the Library Association, April, 1973.
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Penna, C.V.The planning of library and documentation services. 2nd ed. by P. H. Sewell and H. Liebaers (Unesco Manuals for Libraries , No. 17). Paris, 1970.
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Ibid., p.46.
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Papers on national library systems were given at the Southampton meeting by Mr. J. R. de Groot for the Netherlands, Mr. P. Birkelund for Denmark and Professor F. A. Schmidt-Künsemüller for Western Germany.
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British Library Act 1972 (Elizabeth II, Chapter 54).
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Dr. F. Steininger in a paper to the Prague Seminar.
