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Purpose
Written in 1944, the purpose of this paper is to assess the librarian's increasing responsibilities and influences in the light of new educational plans.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper presents a personal viewpoint on the subject of “the librarian and the art of reading”.
Findings
It is vital that librarians should stress more and more the creative art of reading and point to the dangers of both superficial reading and of over‐indulgence.
Originality/value
The paper emphasises the great influence that libraries, as centres of learning, can have on a community.
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2007
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