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Peer reviewedMaack, Mary Niles – Library Quarterly, 1993
Shows how l'Heure Joyeuse, a children's library started in Paris in 1923 as a gift from U.S. philanthropists, became a model of open-access, user-oriented public libraries. L'Heure Joyeuse's unique role in the development of public libraries in France from before 1900 to the present is described. (41 references) (EAM)
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Foreign Countries, History, Librarian Attitudes
