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John C Crawford

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Dr John Crawford is Library Research Officer at Glasgow Caledonian University. He is chairman of the Library and Information History Group and a member of the Council of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. He has completed both MA and Ph.D. level theses and a substantial number of articles mainly on Scottish library history.

John C Crawford has written the following TheGlasgowStory essays:

1560 to 1770s - Buildings and Cityscape: Libraries
During this period levels of literacy and educational opportunity expanded enormously with the resul...
 
1770s to 1830s - Buildings and Cityscape: Libraries
There was a great expansion of activity during this period. In 1783 John Smith Junior had a circula...
 
1830s to 1914 - Buildings and Cityscape: Libraries
During this time there was a large and expanding number of libraries which were based on local geogr...
 
1914 to 1950s - Buildings and Cityscape: Libraries
The period 1914-1950s was one of consolidation rather than expansion and a move from a philanthropic...
 


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