The Technical College Library: A service to scientist, technologist and manager

When the Library Association Sub‐Section for Colleges of Technology and Further Education was established in 1951 there were 27 qualified librarians employed by these colleges. Today, membership has reached 217 which seems to indicate that libraries are received more seriously in technical education than they were ten years ago. However, the number of staff, the number of books and the number of daily issues are no criteria for measuring the value of a college library service.