Kirjahaku

The story of a family of Kent Gypsies who lived on the Hoo peninsula and travelled around West Kent, Surrey and Middlesex in the 19th century.

Tugmutton Common is the story of William Pateman and his family. William, born in 1857 at Rochester, Kent, was a Gypsy who travelled around West Kent, making beehives and hawking goods. In 1881 he settled at the Gyspy camp at Tugmutton Common, Locks Bottom, Farnborough, Kent. This was also the home of Levi and Urania Boswell, the 'King and Queen' of the Kent Gyspies. William died at Orpington in 1921.

The story of Frank Rodbourne and his time in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force during the Great War.

This is the story of Frank Dickens (son of Charles Dickens) and his life in the North West Mounted Police in Canada from 1874 - 1886.

This is the story of the men of Orpington who fought and died in the Great War and who are remembered on War Shrines and War Memorials in the Orpington area.

This is the story of my life in 2022 when I retired from a career in public libraries after 44 years and moved back to the UK after living in Canada for 10 years

This is the story of Corke's Meadow, a Romany Gypsy community in south east London 1923-1959 that was eliminated through a process of eviction, segregation and assimilation.

This is the story of my life in Thunder Bay, NW Ontario, during year 2 of the Covid pandemic. It includes my visits to provincial parks in the summer and fall of 2021 and my visit to the UK at Xmas to see my son for the first time in 2 years.

Understanding Public Libraries: Management, Leadership and Ideology sets out a robust new analytical framework for understanding, managing and supporting public libraries. Drawing on the ideas of Marx and Maslow and their theories of dialectical materialism and cultural hegemony, experienced library leader John Pateman presents how this framework can be used in public libraries to create change and ensure their survival in the future.Identifying three models of the public library – Management, Leadership and Ideology – the analysis from this book can be strategically employed to create an evidence base to demonstrate the social value of public libraries, which in turn can be used to defend the public library against financial cuts and create a business case for investment in public libraries, to ensure they are well funded and sustainable into the future.Essential reading for practitioners, students and researchers in the library and information sciences, the ideological focus of this book importantly advances a scientific understanding of public libraries and ultimately poses and explores the vital question: whose interests should public libraries serve?

Understanding Public Libraries: Management, Leadership and Ideology sets out a robust new analytical framework for understanding, managing and supporting public libraries. Drawing on the ideas of Marx and Maslow and their theories of dialectical materialism and cultural hegemony, experienced library leader John Pateman presents how this framework can be used in public libraries to create change and ensure their survival in the future.Identifying three models of the public library – Management, Leadership and Ideology – the analysis from this book can be strategically employed to create an evidence base to demonstrate the social value of public libraries, which in turn can be used to defend the public library against financial cuts and create a business case for investment in public libraries, to ensure they are well funded and sustainable into the future.Essential reading for practitioners, students and researchers in the library and information sciences, the ideological focus of this book importantly advances a scientific understanding of public libraries and ultimately poses and explores the vital question: whose interests should public libraries serve?

Reimagining the Public Library captures the major debates that have taken place within the Library and Information Science profession over the past 25 years, suggesting how these ideas can be used to inform the future development of public libraries around the world.Using a 25-year framework and incorporating ideas that have emerged in European, North American and Australasian public libraries, the book takes a historical and international look at the development of public libraries over this period, posing the important question of what has changed in government policy and action. Providing much-needed historical context to contemporary debates, this authoritative and vital book educates and supports current LIS professionals as they negotiate issues such as digital inclusion, social equality and equity, censorship, racism and decolonisation.This essential read will appeal to public library staff and decision-makers as they navigate political, social, technological, economic and cultural challenges with a view to safeguarding the future of public libraries.

Reimagining the Public Library captures the major debates that have taken place within the Library and Information Science profession over the past 25 years, suggesting how these ideas can be used to inform the future development of public libraries around the world.Using a 25-year framework and incorporating ideas that have emerged in European, North American and Australasian public libraries, the book takes a historical and international look at the development of public libraries over this period, posing the important question of what has changed in government policy and action. Providing much-needed historical context to contemporary debates, this authoritative and vital book educates and supports current LIS professionals as they negotiate issues such as digital inclusion, social equality and equity, censorship, racism and decolonisation.This essential read will appeal to public library staff and decision-makers as they navigate political, social, technological, economic and cultural challenges with a view to safeguarding the future of public libraries.