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The Science Museum Library has always held an anomalous position within the Museum; it has been a library for the Museum and a library for the nation, and it has acted as the main library for Imperial College. This has created tensions as policies have shifted in response to internal and external pressures. This chapter shows how these tensions developed and how the Library responded.
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Wyatt, N. (2010). Waves of Change: How the Science Museum’s Library Rose, Fell and Rose Again. In: Morris, P.J.T. (eds) Science for the Nation. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230283145_7
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