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Book Description
Since the 1950s, our country’s 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 tContinue
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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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How technology became the librarian's false friend
People have been worried about the durability of paper since the 15th century. Indeed, the whole purpose of bookbinding for 1,000 years back before that was to protect and preserve the text. Librarians have never forgotten, should never forget, that ... (read full critics)
spectator published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010
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- English Books
- Hardcover 384 Pages
- Edition: 1st
- ISBN-10: 0375504443
- ISBN-13: 9780375504440
- Publisher: Random House
- Pub date: Apr 10, 2001
- Dimensions: 1419 mm x 968 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780375504440 | Hardcover | $25.95 | -- | The Book Depository |
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Paper wars
Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper Nicholson Baker (Vintage, £7.99) Settle yourself in for the long haul when reading Double Fold . This isn't because it is a long or boring book. It is because just about every paragraph will make you wi ... (read full critics)