Library provision for the adult learner in England and Wales: an examination of performance and potential for development founded upon historical and contemporary analysis

The burden of this study is that the nature of perceived adult learning is changing, and that provision for it is changing too, and growing both quantitatively and in importance: libraries and librarians, public and academic, have been engaged in this field for years, and the changes in it now offer both problems and opportunities. How can the profession react to this challenge?