• The institution of a public library, containing books on education, would be well adapted for the information of teachers, many of whom are not able to purchase expensive publications on those subjects.

    Joseph Lancaster: The institution of a public library, containing books on education, would be well adapted for the information of teachers, many of whom are not able to purchase expensive publications on those subjects.
    Joseph Lancaster (1803). “Improvements in education, as it respects the industrious classes of the community”, p.38