Very few people might ever of heard of James Duff Brown ,
\nbut his impact upon just how we use public libraries is
\nenormous.<\/p>\n
Brown worked as a librarian in Camberwell before he
\nbecame the first Borough librarian for Islington.<\/p>\n
His great innovation was to introduce ‘open access’ within
\npublic libraries.<\/p>\n
Previous to that ‘closed access’ meant that one had to
\nbrowse the library catalogue, and complete a form in order
\nfor one of the library staff to fetch the book out from the
\nback.<\/p>\n
Brown wrote upon various aspects of librarianship.<\/p>\n
His Publications include:<\/p>\n
A manual of practical bibliography.<\/p>\n
Subject Classification.<\/p>\n
&<\/p>\n
British Musical Biography: A Dictionary of Musical Artists,
\nAuthors, and Composers Born in Britain and Its Colonies.<\/p>\n
Anyone who is interested in library history or library
\ncataloguing should find out more about his work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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