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Barker, Donald – Australian Library Journal, 2007
The "Victorian Free Library Service Board Act" of 1946 was the culmination of a long campaign to replace the mechanics' institute model of library provision with free libraries funded by state and local government. Given that library reform required legislation by the state government, this paper is mainly concerned with the political…
Descriptors: Library Services, Public Libraries, Educational Change, Local Government