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Why is an electric toothbrush better than a manual? If you brush after snacking will you still get decay? Is fluoride bad for you? Why can't you find an NHS dentist?If these are questions you often ask yourself, this is the book for you!

Freckle Report 2021 follows the Freckle Report 2020. It is an analysis of the performance and funding of public libraries in the United States, in Australia and in the United Kingdom It assesses the problems facing the service, the decline in use, the apparent denial of that problem, how library services can sensibly be measured, the pursuit of digital material and the increasingly diverse audiences. The reports contain original research of th...

(In the field of public libraries) The virtue of private reading is rarely proclaimed. Most reading is not, in itself, a community activity but the contribution to communities from people who read is immense. That point is not often made, yet it is, and always has been, the single greatest value of public libraries. They help people to find what they enjoy reading. That is the way they benefit society." -- from pg. 5

Freckle reports are analyses of the data and performance of public libraries in the US, the UK and AustraliaThis edition contains the reports from both 2020 and 2021The reports describe the decline in use of public libraries and propose actions that can be used to remedy that situation. The 2020 report highlighted a number of specific areas for work, and the 2021 report develops those and adds some new observation made during the time of the p...

The Freckle Report 2022, is the third in the series of reports on the progress of public libraries in the United States, the UK and AustraliaIt contains the most recently available data from national bodies and the fourth set of consumer research data, conducted in the United StatesIt draws conclusions about the state of decline of the use of public librariesIt makes detailed recommendations at several levels: for funding bodies, for library d...

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A practical guide to transforming any public library - large and small, city and rural - by making every aspect of the library experience appealing and enjoyable, from the moment someone sees the building and walks in the door to the time when they check out.

Tim Coates' report on the management of public libraries in Great Britain attracted wide attention when it was first published in 2004 and has been used in many countries as a training manual and the focus for discussion

150 years ago a British Government sent an ill-prepared, poorly equipped army to war in a foreign land. What's changed?

Tells the history of the Suffolk town where Benjamin Britten set up his festival. Highly illustrated with a mix of archive material and colourful contemporary works, this will appeal to art lovers, musicians, historians and anyone interested in this beautiful part of Suffolk.

The 'Irish Crown Jewels' - the regalia or insignia of the Order of St Patrick, a chivalric order founded by the government in 1783 - mysteriously disappeared on or before 6th July 1907, as King Edward VII was on the point of visiting Ireland to invest a knight of the Order of St Patrick. The task entrusted to the Vice-Regal Commission appointed by the Lord Lieutenant-General and General Governor of Ireland was not to conduct a criminal investi...

Two books containing stories taken from a collection of government papers between 1830 and 1930.