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  • Book Traces

    Nineteenth-Century Readers and the Future of the Library

    Serier serie Material Texts
    In most college and university libraries, materials published before 1800 have been moved into special collections, while the post-1923 books remain in general circulation. But books published between these dates are vulnerable to deaccessioning, as libraries increasingly reconfigure access to public-domain texts via digital repositories such as Google Books. Even libraries with strong commitments ... Læs mere

    375,00 kr.

  • Book Traces

    Nineteenth-Century Readers and the Future of the Library

    Serier serie Material Texts
    In most college and university libraries, materials published before 1800 have been moved into special collections, while the post-1923 books remain in general circulation. But books published between these dates are vulnerable to deaccessioning, as libraries increasingly reconfigure access to public-domain texts via digital repositories such as Google Books. Even libraries with strong commitments ... Læs mere

    386,74 kr.

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