Editing Public library (section)

===Britain===
* Black, Alistair. "Skeleton in the cupboard: social class and the public library in Britain through 150 years." ''Library History'' 16.1 (2000): 3–12. says "they have always been, and continue to be, an expression of liberal middleclass ideals." [http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/lib.2000.16.1.3 abstract]
* Charing, S. "Self-Help v State Intervention: the 1850 Public Library Act as a Reflection of Mid-Victorian Doctrine", ''Australian Library Journal'' (1995)  44(1), pp.&nbsp;47–54.
* Hayes, Emma, and Anne Morris. "Leisure role of public libraries A historical perspective." Journal of librarianship and information science 37.2 (2005): 75–81. [http://lis.sagepub.com/content/37/2/75.short abstract] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017021453/http://lis.sagepub.com/content/37/2/75.short |date=2015-10-17 }}
* Hoare, P. (ed.) ''Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland'' (Cambridge University Press, 2006) 
* Kelly, Thomas, ''History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845–1965'' (London: Library Association, 1973) 
* Kelly, T & E. Kelly. ''Books for the People: an illustrated history of the British Public Library'' (London: Andre Deutsch, 1977)
* McMenemy, D. ''The Public Library'' (London: FACET, 2009) 
* Minto, J. ''History of the Public Library Movement in Great Britain and Ireland'' (London: Library Association, 1932) 
* Munford, William Arthur. ''Penny rate: aspects of British public library history, 1850–1950'' (Library association, 1951)
* Murison, W. J.  ''The Public Library: its origins, purpose and significance'' (2nd ed. London: Harrap, 1971)
* Overington, Michael A. ''The Subject Departmentalized Public Library''. London: The Library Association, 1969. 167 p. 
* Stockham, K. A., ed. ''British County Libraries: 1919–1969''. (London: André Deutsch, 1969) 
* Sturges, P. "Conceptualizing the public library 1850–1919." In Kinnell, M. and Sturges, P. (eds) ''Continuity and Innovation in the Public Library: the Development of a Social Institution'' (London: Library Association, 1996)