The ALA, public libraries and the Great Depression

• Main Author: Luyt, Brendan
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94118; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8367
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the American Library Association (ALA) became active in an alliance of public administrators, bank executives and teachers defending public spending from powerful populist anti-tax coalitions seeking drastic tax cuts as a solution to economic stagnation. Lib...