Library: An Unquiet History by Matthew Battles

Library: An Unquiet History

Matthew Battles

256 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced

Description

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 Bag...

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