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Collection Management The recent Audit Commission report Building better library services criticises the range of stock and effective use of stock in many public libraries. Consider and discuss ways in which public libraries can develop and improve their collections to better meet the needs of users, current or potential. Introduction Chetham library was the first public reference library in Europe and it opened in1658. Although Manchester's claim to have opened the first free public library on 2nd September 1852 was argued strongly by Warrington and Salford councils, others quickly followed suit with the Eighteenth Annual Report for 1869-70 noting that "upwards of 250" requests for information and advice had been received since 1852 from other local authorities studying the establishment of free public libraries.1 Today, in England and Wales, there are 1800 full-time public libraries, 1600 part-time libraries, 530 mobile libraries and also 17000 library facilities in institutions such as hospitals, prisons and schools...

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