LEADER 03253cam a2200505 i 4500005 20170725160032.0 008 140915t20152015njuaf b 001 0 eng d 003 hubpceuo 010 2014951291 020 9780691166391 (hbk. : acidfree paper) 020 0691166390 (hbk. : acidfree paper) 035 (OCoLC)ocn894625451 040 YDXCP |beng |cYDXCP |erda |dDLC 042 lccopycat 050 00 Z721 |b.M43 2015 082 04 027/.009 |223 245 04 The meaning of the library : |ba cultural history / |cedited by Alice Crawford. 260 Princeton ; Oxford : |bPrinceton University Press, |c2015. 300 xxix, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations (some color) ; |c25 cm. 337 unmediated 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and index. 505 00 |tIntroduction / 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. 520 "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. 650 0 Libraries |xHistory. 650 0 Libraries. 650 0 Libraries and society. 700 1 Crawford, Alice, |d1958- |eeditor of compilation. 700 1 Hall, Edith, |d1959- |eauthor. 700 1 Gameson, Richard, |eauthor. 700 1 Pettegree, Andrew, |eauthor. 700 1 Darnton, Robert, |eauthor. 700 1 Allan, David, |d1964- |eauthor. 700 1 Sutherland, John, |d1938- |eauthor. 700 1 Warner, Marina, |d1946- |eauthor. 700 1 Crawford, Robert, |d1959- |eauthor. 700 1 Marcus, Laura, |eauthor. 700 1 Enniss, Stephen, |eauthor. 700 1 Price-Wilkin, W. John |q(William John), |d1956- |eauthor. 700 1 Billington, James H., |eauthor. 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6027_000000000000000__009_CRA |70 |8REF |9123447OSA |bOSA |d2017-07-25 |eOSA |l0 |o027/.009 CRA |r2017-07-25 |w2017-07-25 |yBK |cReference 920 01 KYQ6GReg 992 01 027_000000000000000__009_CRA |bZXS_ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ__ZZQ_N8P 966 |cIn the Research Room