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An edition of The meaning of the library (2015)

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"Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, examining how its significance has shifted, and pondering its importance in the twenty-first century, significant contributors--including the librarian of the Congress and the former executive director of the HathiTrust--present a cultural history of the library"--Dust jacket flap.

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300

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Libraries, Libraries and society, History, Libraries, history, 06.31 history of library and documentation, Kultur, Cultuurgeschiedenis, Maatschappij, Bibliotekshistoria, Cultural studies, Media studies, Media, entertainment, information & communication industries, Library & information sciences / Museology, Library, archive & information management, Amerika Haus Berlin Video Lending Library, Amerika Haus Berlin, Bibliothek

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Table of Contents

Introduction -- Alice Crawford -- Part 1.
The Library through Time. -- 1.
Adventures in ancient Greek and Roman libraries -- Edith Hall ; -- 2.
The image of the medieval library -- Richard Gameson ; -- 3.
The Renaissance library and the challenge of print -- Andrew Pettegree ; -- 4.
From printing shop to bookshelves : how books began the journey to Enlightenment libraries -- Robert Darnton ; -- 5.
"The advantages of literature" : the subscription library in Georgian Britain -- David Allan ; -- 6.
Literature and the library in the nineteenth century -- John Sutherland -- Part 2.
The Library in Imagination. -- 7.
The library in fiction -- Marina Warner ; -- 8.
The library in poetry -- Robert Crawford ; -- 9.
The library in film : order and mystery -- Laura Marcus -- Part 3.
The Library Now and in the Future. -- 10.
"Casting and gathering" : libraries, archives, and the modern writer -- Stephen Enniss ; -- 11.
Meanings of the library today -- John P. Wilkin ; -- 12.
The modern library and global democracy -- James H. Billington.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-280) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
027/.009
Library of Congress
Z721 .M43 2015, Z721

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxix, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
300

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OL27185218M
Internet Archive
meaningoflibrary0000unse
ISBN 10
0691166390
ISBN 13
9780691166391
LCCN
2014951291
OCLC/WorldCat
894625451

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