The Meaning of the Library: A Cultural History

Contributor(s):

Crawford, Alice [Editor]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Princeton University Press 2015 New JerseyDescription: 300pISBN:

9780691166391

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DDC classification:

027.009 MEA

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Item type	Current library	Item location	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	NIMA Knowledge Centre	9th Floor Reading Zone	General	027.009 MEA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		M0031363

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Part I: 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 II: 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 III: 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

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