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Living With Books : The Art of Book Selection.

Material type: TextTextSeries: Columbia University Studies in Library Service ; 2Publisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©1950Description: 1 online resource (612 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780231918480
  • 9780231885775
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 028
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Foreword by Althea Warren -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction: Living with Books -- Part One: Foundations and Backgrounds -- 1. People and Books -- 2. Books for People: Principles in Selection -- 3. Testing Book Values -- 4. Familiar Friends and Companions -- 5. Daily Help for Daily Needs -- 6. Current Book Reviewing and Literary Commentary -- 7. Book Evaluation and Reviewing by Libraries -- 8. The Art of Annotation -- Part Three: Substance and Product -- 9. Books in Their Textual and Physical Aspects -- 10. Makers of Books: The Trade and Its Products -- 11. Editions, Series, Translations -- Part Four: Exploration and Discovery -- 12. Biography: Speculum Vitae -- 13. History -- 14. Travel -- 15. Nature and Science -- 16. Sociology; The Social Sciences -- 17. Religion; Philosophy -- 18. Literature; Essays -- 19. Poetry -- 20. Drama -- 21. Fiction Today -- 22. Aspects of Fiction -- Epilogue -- Index
Summary: Looks at book selection for library service to share education through reading, while looking at group reading, guide books, books on history, science, travel, biography, and more.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780231885775
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Frontmatter -- Foreword by Althea Warren -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction: Living with Books -- Part One: Foundations and Backgrounds -- 1. People and Books -- 2. Books for People: Principles in Selection -- 3. Testing Book Values -- 4. Familiar Friends and Companions -- 5. Daily Help for Daily Needs -- 6. Current Book Reviewing and Literary Commentary -- 7. Book Evaluation and Reviewing by Libraries -- 8. The Art of Annotation -- Part Three: Substance and Product -- 9. Books in Their Textual and Physical Aspects -- 10. Makers of Books: The Trade and Its Products -- 11. Editions, Series, Translations -- Part Four: Exploration and Discovery -- 12. Biography: Speculum Vitae -- 13. History -- 14. Travel -- 15. Nature and Science -- 16. Sociology; The Social Sciences -- 17. Religion; Philosophy -- 18. Literature; Essays -- 19. Poetry -- 20. Drama -- 21. Fiction Today -- 22. Aspects of Fiction -- Epilogue -- Index

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Looks at book selection for library service to share education through reading, while looking at group reading, guide books, books on history, science, travel, biography, and more.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024)