Geoffrey Alley Librarian: His Life and Work
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Geoffrey Alley Librarian: His Life and Work
By (Author) Jock McEldowney
Te Herenga Waka University Press
Victoria University Press
10th February 2006
New Zealand
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Library and information services
020.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
500
Description
Through the biography of a remarkable man, this work traces the development of New Zealands national library systemfrom the intervention of the Carnegie Corporation in the 1930s to the establishment of the National Library of New Zealand in the 1960s. The life of Geoffrey Alley, New Zealands first national librarian, is fully exploredfrom his early rugby career to important material on the Alley family. A major work of public history, this record shows how the present library networks in New Zealand evolved and places such evolution in social and political contexts.
Author Bio
W. J. McEldowney worked as a librarian at the New Zealand National Library Service and the University of Otago Library for more than 40 years.
