Library : an unquiet history
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ISBN
9780393325645, 0393325644
Physical Desc
x, 245 pages : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Nonfiction - Storage - Must Place Hold
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027 BAT
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Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780393325645, 0393325644
Notes
General Note
Reprint. Originally published: c2003.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-227) and index.
Description
"Engrossingly saturated with fascinating lore, colorful anecdotes, and deft portraits." ―Hilarie M. Sheets, New York Times Through the ages, libraries have not only accumulated and preserved but also shaped, inspired, and obliterated knowledge. Now they are in crisis. Former rare books librarian and Harvard metaLAB visionary Matthew Battles takes us from Boston to Baghdad, from classical scriptoria to medieval monasteries and on to the Information Age, to explore how libraries are built and how they are destroyed: from the scroll burnings in ancient China to the burning of libraries in Europe and Bosnia to the latest revolutionary upheavals of the digital age. A new afterword elucidates how knowledge is preserved amid the creative destruction of twenty-first-century technology. 10 illustrations
Immediate Source of Acquisition
20120117.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Battles, M. (2004). Library: an unquiet history . W.W. Norton, .
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Battles, Matthew. 2004. Library: An Unquiet History. W.W. Norton.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Battles, Matthew. Library: An Unquiet History W.W. Norton, 2004.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Battles, Matthew. Library: An Unquiet History W.W. Norton, , 2004.
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