TY  - GEN
T1  - The meaning of the library : a cultural history
A1  - Hall, Edith, 1959-
A1  - Gameson, Richard
A1  - Pettegree, Andrew
A1  - Darnton, Robert
A1  - Allan, David, 1964-
A1  - Sutherland, John, 1938-
A1  - Warner, Marina, 1946-
A1  - Crawford, Robert, 1959-
A1  - Marcus, Laura
A1  - Enniss, Stephen
A1  - Price-Wilkin, W. John (William John), 1956-
A1  - Billington, James H.
A2  - Crawford, Alice, 1958-
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton, NJ
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2015
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn909857263
AB  - From Greek and Roman times to the digital era, the library has remained central to knowledge, scholarship, and the imagination. Generously illustrated, "The Meaning of the Library" examines this key institution of Western culture. Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, examining how its significance has shifted, and pondering its importance in the twenty-first century, contributors -- including the librarian of the Congress and the former executive director of the HathiTrust -- present a cultural history of the library. Whether relishing an account of the Alexandrian Library or a look at the stylish railway libraries of nineteenth-century England, readers will find a survey of the library through time. Here, too, are the imagined libraries of fiction, poetry, and film, from Scheherazade's stories to "The Name of the Rose" and beyond
OP  - 336
CN  - Z716.4 .M428 2015eb
SN  - 9781400865741
SN  - 1400865743
SN  - 9780691175744
SN  - 9780691166391
SN  - 0691175748
SN  - 0691166390
KW  - Amerika Haus Berlin : Video Lending Library
KW  - Libraries : History.
KW  - Bibliothèques : Histoire.
KW  - 06.31 history of library and documentation.
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Library & Information Science : General.
KW  - HISTORY : General.
KW  - Libraries
KW  - Kultur
KW  - Cultuurgeschiedenis.
KW  - Maatschappij.
KW  - Libraries.
KW  - Libraries and society.
KW  - Bibliotekshistoria.
KW  - History.
KW  - Cultural studies.
KW  - Media studies.
KW  - Media, entertainment, information & communication industries.
KW  - Library & information sciences / Museology.
KW  - Library, archive & information management.
KW  - (lcsh)Libraries--History.
KW  - (lcsh)Libraries.
KW  - (lcsh)Libraries and society.
KW  - History
ER  -