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Pamela, as someone who has been and still is working on women in public libraries pre 1914, I can only agree that it is a struggle to find much appropriate historical material. However one very valuable item is Moore, Lindy "The Provision of Women's Reading Rooms in Public Libraries". _Library History_ v.9 5/6, 1993, 190-202. This is an excellent place to start and includes many references to the literature of the time. Otherwise I'm afraid it's rather a matter of ploughing through the primary sources, which is great fun but terribly time consuming. Strange, but I have an undergraduate doing her dissertation on a very similar topic at the moment. All the best, Dr Chris Baggs, DILS, UWA ps. BTW what bibliographic sources have you looked through so far? Some indication of these in your post would have been helpful. In message <[log in to unmask]>, "Waddington, Pamela" <[log in to unmask]> writes: > > Dear All, > > I am currently writing my masters dissertation (in > information studies) with a working title 'Is there a need > for library services specifically for women in contemporary > Britain?' and am having a struggle to find historical > materials. > > Can anyone help? I am trying to look at the areas of :- > > i. of access (reading rooms for women, etc.), > > ii. the provision of a child friendly environment (both by > the provision of a childrens section, but also very > importantly libraries which provide a play area, welcome > breast feeding, etc. > > iii. the introduction of events in libraries for women and > by women. > > > I would be grateful if anyone could help, or suggest some > sources I may try!! > > The information I am finding so far, is limited, but one > has to say fascinating reading!!! > > > So if anyone could help I would be very happy!!!!! > > Pamela > > > ---------------------------------------- > Waddington, Pamela > Email: [log in to unmask] > "University of the West of England" > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%