Libraries: traditions and innovations papers from the Library History Seminar XIII / edited by Melanie A. Kimball and Katherine M. Wisser.
| Other author | Kimball, Melanie A. |
| Other author | Wisser, Katherine M. |
| Other author | Libraries : Traditions and Innovations (Conference) (2015 : Boston, Mass.) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Saur, [2017] |
| Description | 154 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / Melanie A. Kimball and Katherine M. Wisser -- The Córdovan Library of Caliph al-Hakam II / Don Hamerly -- "Improve the moment" : mechanics' institutes and the culture of improvement in the nineteenth century / Jordan S. Sly -- Ellis Island Library : "The Tower of Babel" at America's gate / Marija Dalbello -- Libraries, knowledge, and the common good : the cultural politics of labor republicanism in progressive-era Wheeling, West Virginia / Jonathan Cope -- The 1939 Alexandria, Virginia Public Library sit-in demonstration / Brenda Mitchell-Powell -- The library as medicine cabinet : inventing bibliotherapy in the interwar period / Mary Mahoney -- World War II and the building of the Ukrainian Library / Margaret A. (Megan) Browndorf -- Libraries of light : public library design in Britain in the long 1960s / Alistair Black. |
| Summary | This volume will explore the notion of the library from brick-and-mortar to digital. Topics include library services and types, the library as place, library architecture, social movements, new communities, disruptive technologies, social media, and other timely topics. |
| General note | Papers presented at the the Library History Seminar XIII, held in Boston, Massachusetts, July 31-Auguest 2, 2015. (Introduction) |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017288542 |
| ISBN | 9783110448337 |
| ISBN | 3110448335 |
| ISBN | (ePub) |
| ISBN | (eBook) |
| Standard identifier# | 9783110448337 |
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