Library: an unquiet history

Matthew Battles: Library: an unquiet history, New York ; London, W. W. Norton, 2003, 245 p.

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"Battles, who works in the Houghton Library (the rare books library at Harvard U.), has written a thought-provoking, albeit somewhat rambling, book on libraries. He offers personal anecdotes, historical accounts, and summaries of current controversies on subjects that include library organization, book burning throughout history, the history of the Widener Library at Harvard, the history of public libraries, and the development of cataloging systems."

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