Madeleine Lefebvre

The Romance of Libraries

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the halls of knowledge, amidst the towering stacks of books, more than just facts and fiction await. The Romance of Libraries is a collection of true accounts of emotional attachments formed in and with libraries and the library field. Madeleine J. Lefebvre has gathered personal narratives from around the world from people who work in or use libraries. From the very young to those in their nineties, these people share their tales of love.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scarecrow Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 141mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9780810853522
• ISBN-10: 0810853523
• Artikelnr.: 21101336

Autorenporträt

By Madeleine Lefebvre - Foreword by Michael Gorman

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Foreword Part 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 1. Dear Library... Chapter
4 2. The Library as Place-of Romance Chapter 5 3. Reading Room Romance
Chapter 6 4. The Romance of Reference Chapter 7 5. Student Assistants and
Romance Chapter 8 6. The Romance of Academic Libraries Chapter 9 7. The
Romance of Public Libraries Chapter 10 8. Bookmobile Romance Chapter 11 9.
The Romance of Special Libraries Chapter 12 10. Intralibrary Romance
Chapter 13 11. The Romance of Library School Chapter 14 12. The Romance of
Library Conferences Chapter 15 13. Romance with an International Twist
Chapter 16 14. Multiple Copies Chapter 17 15. Library Cupids Chapter 18 16.
If Food Be the Music of Romance Chapter 19 17. Miscellanea Chapter 20 18.
P.S.: We Love You Part 21 Appendix