Double Fold : Libraries and the Assault on Paper

English

ISBN: 0375504443

EAN: 9780375504440

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science/Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism/Technology & Engineering / Material Science/

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Release Date: 04/01/2001

Synopsis: Since the 1950s, our countrys greatest libraries have, as a matter of common practice, dismantled their collections of original bound newspapers and so-called brittle books, replacing them with microfilmed copies. The marketing of the brittle-paper crisis and the real motives behind it are the subject of this passionately argued book, in which Nicholson Barker pleads the case for saving our recorded heritage in its original form while telling the story of how and why our greatest research libraries betrayed the public trust by auctioning off or pulping irreplaceable collections. The players include the Library of Congress, the CIA, NASA, microfilm lobbyists, newspaper dealers, and a colorful array of librarians and digital futurists, as well as Baker himself who eventually discovers that the only way to save one important newspaper is to buy it.Double Foldis an intense, brilliantly worded narrative that is sure to provoke discussion and controversy.

Awards: National Book Critics Circle Awards – null 

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Double Fold : Libraries and the Assault on Paper

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.19 inches

Width: 5.79 inches

Length: 8.61 inches

Weight: 19.54 oz

Pages: 384