or
Yes worrying,but a lawyer might argue a comprehensive service is just that ,
a service which provides access to a wide range of materials either directly
OR by access to EXTERNAL resources. Comprehensive has never been applied to
the book stock , well stocked at best. Hence the need for ILL services. I
don't support the idea of restricting choice for discount however
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Frances Hendrix
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UK
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gareth Osler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: On the meaning of 'comprehensive' (Public Libraries and Museums
Act, 1964)
Resurrecting this post once more (for the record), the thought popped into
mind the term 'comprehensive' may be as used in 'comprehensive school'... "a
state school that does not select its intake"
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_school).
I wonder then are, like comprehensive schools, libraries by law required to
provide a service to everyone in the authority's area, making sure everyone
has access to a library.
Gareth Osler
http://libraryweb.info
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