NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE.
Sir,-The statement of policy attributed to me in The Listener of April 12 obviously needs clarification. Where loans of books are offered to local authorities — boroughs, town districts, or counties-to help them to make their libraries free, there is no proposal to establish parallel or separate free libtary service if the local authority is not itself prepared to give free service. Where regional distribution from a main city is concerned it would be desirable to have this done from the city public library if , Possible. This Service would then with books, staff, and the provision of premises, It seems uneconomical to have one library service for the city and another for the country involving two staffs and two collections of books, since roads are becoming good and transport fzcilities are improving. If, however, the city library is not free or finds it inconvenient to become the regional headquarters, it will be necessary for regional distribution to be carried out by this Service. A separate building © in the same city with a separate staff and book collection will then be neces-
sary.
G. T.
ALLEY
(Director, National
Library Service).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 358, 3 May 1946, Page 5
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191NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE. New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 358, 3 May 1946, Page 5
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