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Author: Deanna B. Marcum
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Volume: No. 79.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.473kg
ISBN: 9780313286261
ISBN 10: 0313286264
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 23 February 1994
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
".,.""struggles with urban/rural dichotomy and the ""search for order"" and focuses on the motivations of the library's businessmen-founders and its first librarian, Mary Lemist Titcomb. This study is of more than local interest and should stimulate further research.""-Library Journal ?...struggles with urban/rural dichotomy and the ""search for order"" and focuses on the motivations of the library's businessmen-founders and its first librarian, Mary Lemist Titcomb. This study is of more than local interest and should stimulate further research.?-Library Journal ?A good library history can bring more enjoyment than any book on the practice or theory of librarianship. This book is just such a history.... Marcum has done a fine job...making this a lively readable book...Offers useful insights into American public library development in a key transitional period.?-Wilson Library Bulletin ...""struggles with urban/rural dichotomy and the ""search for order"" and focuses on the motivations of the library's businessmen-founders and its first librarian, Mary Lemist Titcomb. This study is of more than local interest and should stimulate further research.""-Library Journal ""A good library history can bring more enjoyment than any book on the practice or theory of librarianship. This book is just such a history.... Marcum has done a fine job...making this a lively readable book...Offers useful insights into American public library development in a key transitional period.""-Wilson Library Bulletin"
.,. struggles with urban/rural dichotomy and the search for order and focuses on the motivations of the library's businessmen-founders and its first librarian, Mary Lemist Titcomb. This study is of more than local interest and should stimulate further research. -Library Journal
A good library history can bring more enjoyment than any book on the practice or theory of librarianship. This book is just such a history.... Marcum has done a fine job...making this a lively readable book...Offers useful insights into American public library development in a key transitional period. -Wilson Library Bulletin ... struggles with urban/rural dichotomy and the search for order and focuses on the motivations of the library's businessmen-founders and its first librarian, Mary Lemist Titcomb. This study is of more than local interest and should stimulate further research. -Library Journal ?A good library history can bring more enjoyment than any book on the practice or theory of librarianship. This book is just such a history.... Marcum has done a fine job...making this a lively readable book...Offers useful insights into American public library development in a key transitional period.?-Wilson Library Bulletin ?...struggles with urban/rural dichotomy and the search for order and focuses on the motivations of the library's businessmen-founders and its first librarian, Mary Lemist Titcomb. This study is of more than local interest and should stimulate further research.?-Library Journal .,. struggles with urban/rural dichotomy and the search for order and focuses on the motivations of the library's businessmen-founders and its first librarian, Mary Lemist Titcomb. This study is of more than local interest and should stimulate further research. -Library Journal
Author Information
DEANNA B. MARCUM is Director of Public Service and Collection Management at the Library of Congress and president of The Council on Library Resources. An authority on library history, she was formerly the Dean of the School of Library and Information Science at The Catholic University of America.
