Double fold : libraries and the assault on paper

Double fold : libraries and the assault on paper

"Since the 1950s, our country's libraries have followed a policy of "destroying to preserve": They have methodically dismantled their collections of original bound newspapers, cut up hundreds of thousands of so-called brittle books, and replaced them with microfilmed copies - cop...

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Main Author: Baker, Nicholson
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, 2001.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Libraries > United States > Special collections > Newspapers.
Newspaper and periodical libraries > United States.
Newspapers > Conservation and restoration.
Paper > Preservation > United States.
Online Access:Book review (H-Net)
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Call Number: Z 695.655 .B35 2001
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