| Description | 1- blue book containing cut and paste typed documents, c.10 pages referring to the British Psychological Society's (BPS) Working Party on the Society's Library, 1972.
Details include:
Present position, possible siting of the library, possible courses of action, staying or selling the library, budget, library costs, insurance, a 5- page typed draft report of the Working Party [and copy] is tipped in at the back of the book. |
| AdminHistory | After the re-organisation of the British Psychological Society's Library with the Psychology Library at Senate House, a working party was set up under Sheila M Chown, reporting (after four meetings) in December 1972. The working party recommended that
1. The Society should preserve the separate identiy of its library.
2. The Society should enter into an agreemtn with the University to 5 years notice of intended separation
3. An accessions policy should be formulated thourhg the Scientific Affairs Board and applied in confirmation with the University
4. A budget for the library should be adopted allowing for some expansion of holdings
5. Additional insurance cover for the library shoudl be arranged by the Society
6. Gaps in holdings within existing runs should be filled and money provided for this purpose by the Society
7. The excellant facilities available at the library should be given more publicity by the Society. |