The Past, Present, and Future of Libraries: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 110, Part 3) (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1606181033 ISBN 13: 9781606181034

Verlag: American Philosophical Society Press, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

In October 2018, the Amer, Philosophical Soc. (APS) gathered a group of scholars, library professionals, & thought leaders to discuss the past, present, & future of the library. This also marked the 275th ann'y. of the APS, founded by Benjamin Franklin & several friends. Topics include: The Female Mind & the Art of Reading across the Color Line; Academic Libraries Supporting Change in Amer. Higher Educ., 1860-1920; Building the Native Amer. Collection at Amherst College; Toward Authentic Accessibility in Digital Libraries; Changing Attitudes Toward Access to Special Collections; Preservation of Electronic Gov't. Info.; Speculation on the Future of Library Curation; The Collection Is the Network; Future Frontiers for Special Collections Libraries. Illus.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Patrick Spero is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Philosophical Society. As a scholar of early American history, he specializes in the era of the American Revolution, and has published over a dozen essays and reviews on the topic. He is the author of Frontier Rebels: The Fight for Independence in the American West, 1765-1776 (Norton, 2018), and of Frontier Country: The Politics of War in Early Pennsylvania, and The American Revolution Reborn: New Perspectives for the Twenty-First Century, both of which are available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: American Philosophical Society Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1606181033
• ISBN 13: 9781606181034
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 308
• Herausgeber: Spero Dr Patrick
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