Baltic and Slavonic libraries in Britain
Subtitle: Their place in developing group identity and the life of émigré communities
Publisher: Manifold
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: 6.14" x 9.21"
Number of pages: 112
First sentence: This is an abridges, revised version of my Master's Degree dissertation, Baltic and Slavonic Community Libraries in Britain after World War II, written at Loughborough University in 2005.
Description: This study investigates the phenomenon of community libraries in their particular historical appearance – those Baltic and Slavonic libraries which were established by the immigrant communities in Britain in the second half of the twentieth century. Twelve libraries representing six ethnic groups: Belarusians, Croatians, Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Poles and Ukrainians, – were surveyed in 2005. The patterns in the establishing of libraries, the present state and significance of their collections, their adopted work practices, as well as the influence on the libraries of the democratic transformations in home countries and the role of libraries in the life of émigré groups, in creating and maintaining ethnic identity is discussed.
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: Notes on methodology; value: Notes on terminology