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The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland.(Book review)

Reference & User Services Quarterly

| March 22, 2008 | Boomhower, Daniel F. | COPYRIGHT 2003 American Library Association. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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 …

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