The Roberts Report on Public Libraries: Some Comments

Librarians and members of library committees will read with interest the views expressed in the following Symposium by writers who have lived their lives in immediate contact with most of the policy and administrative problems discussed in the Roberts report. Mr. Ashby had service in libraries at Watford, Hitchin, and Kettering: he is now County Librarian of Surrey; Mr. Corbett served at Birmingham, Mitcham, Ealing and Croydon: he is now Librarian at Wandsworth; Mr. Dow served at Glasgow and Bolton: he is now Librarian of Coatbridge; Mr. Haugh served at Liverpool and Westminster: he is now City Librarian of Bristol; Mr. Lace served at Manchester: he is now County Librarian of Essex; Mr. A. Shaw Wright served in the Counties of Middlesex and Cheshire: he is now County Librarian of Herefordshire.