A history of modern librarianship constructing the heritage of western cultures pamela spence richards wayne a wiegand and marija dalbello editors. A broad comparative history of librarianship this intriguing work goes beyond the standard focus on institutions and collections to help you explore the part modern librarianship played and continues to play in forming western cultures. Previous histories of libraries in the western world the last of which was published nearly 20 years ago concentrate on libraries and librarians this book takes a different approach it focuses on the practice of librarianship showing you how that practice has contributed to constructing the heritage of cultures to do so this groundbreaking collection of essays presents the history of . Achetez et telechargez ebook a history of modern librarianship constructing the heritage of western cultures english edition boutique kindle library information science amazonfr. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books media journals databases government documents and more