Research Catalog

The meaning of the library : a cultural history

Title
The meaning of the library : a cultural history / edited by Alice Crawford.
Publication
  • Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]
  • ©2015

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.

TextUse in library JFE 15-4565Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

Details

Additional Authors
  • Crawford, Alice, 1958-
  • Hall, Edith, 1959-
  • Gameson, Richard
  • Pettegree, Andrew
  • Darnton, Robert
  • Allan, David, 1964-
  • Sutherland, John, 1938-
  • Warner, Marina, 1946-
  • Crawford, Robert, 1959-
  • Marcus, Laura
  • Enniss, Stephen
  • Price-Wilkin, W. John (William John), 1956-
  • Billington, James H.
Description
xxix, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
Summary
"Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, examining how its significance has shifted, and pondering its importance in the twenty-first century, significant contributors--including the librarian of the Congress and the former executive director of the HathiTrust--present a cultural history of the library"--Dust jacket flap.
Subject
  • Libraries > History
  • Libraries
  • Libraries and society
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-280) and index.
Contents
Introduction / Alice Crawford -- Part 1. 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 2. 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 3. 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.
Call Number
JFE 15-4565
ISBN
  • 9780691166391
  • 0691166390
LCCN
2014951291
OCLC
894625451
Title
The meaning of the library : a cultural history / edited by Alice Crawford.
Publisher
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-280) and index.
Added Author
Crawford, Alice, 1958- editor.
Hall, Edith, 1959- author.
Gameson, Richard, author.
Pettegree, Andrew, author.
Darnton, Robert, author.
Allan, David, 1964- author.
Sutherland, John, 1938- author.
Warner, Marina, 1946- author.
Crawford, Robert, 1959- author.
Marcus, Laura, author.
Enniss, Stephen, author.
Price-Wilkin, W. John (William John), 1956- author.
Billington, James H., author.
Research Call Number
JFE 15-4565
View in Legacy Catalog