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The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland. Ed. by Peter Hoare. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 3 vols. $495 (ISBN-13: 978-0-521-85808-3; ISBN-10: 0-521-85808-9).
Given the extent of recent change in access to and delivery of information, the two thousand pages of The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland offer one a valuable opportunity to appreciate actions and circumstances impacting one group of libraries over a long period of time. Through comparison and extrapolation, these tomes add perspective on the role and functioning of American libraries today.
The first volume, edited by Elisabeth …