Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Description
What happened to mechanics’ institutes in Britain following the introduction of state post-school education? This paper is divided into three parts: 1. Mechanics institutes and education, 2. Mechanics’ institutes and the library movement, 3. Mechanics’ institutes and the community.
Period
3 Nov 2016
Event title
Reinvention: Thriving in the 21st Century: International Conference of Independent Libraries & Mechanics’ Institutes
Event type
Conference
Location
San Francisco, United States, CaliforniaShow on map