Report of the National Library Service for the Year Ended 31 March 1958

"Report of the National Library Service for the Year Ended 31 March 1958" by New Zealand. National Library Service, is a record of the National Library Service's work in New Zealand. Created in the middle of the 1900s, the report gives a detailed look at the library's role, expenses, and the services it provided. It points out the increasing demand for books and information in a world adjusting after a war. The main focus is on library services and ease of access to information in New Zealand, paying attention to both public and school libraries. The report is organized to show different parts of what the National Library Service did, such as the Country Library Service, the School Library Service, and training programs at the Library School. It talks about how the library's collection grew, the services offered to users like borrowing books from other libraries, and better teamwork between local governments to make libraries run more smoothly. It highlights expanding book lending to people in the countryside, working to make library services consistent, and proposing a national library to make resources more accessible to everyone in New Zealand, making it a key historical overview of library operations during change and growth in New Zealand's learning environment.