The Romance of Libraries - Couverture souple

Lefebvre, Madeleine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0810853523 ISBN 13 : 9780810853522

Editeur : Scarecrow Press, 2005

Synopsis

In the halls of knowledge, amidst the towering stacks of books, more than just facts and fiction await. The Romance of Libraries is a collection of true accounts of emotional attachments formed in and with libraries and the library field. Madeleine J. Lefebvre has gathered personal narratives from around the world from people who work in or use libraries. From the very young to those in their nineties, these people share their tales of love. While most accounts are about romances that developed in a library setting, some are about romances with libraries themselves. Loosely arranged by context, the stories―happy, sad, or bittersweet―share an over-arching theme of the transformative and emotive power of libraries in our lives. Lefebvre's underlying message is that the physical library can play a role in our affections that the virtual library never can.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Madeleine Lefebvre is the University Librarian of Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She also currently serves as Chief Administrator of Freedom of Information/Protection of Privacy and is the recipient of the 2006 Atlantic Provinces Library Association Merit Award.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scarecrow Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0810853523
• ISBN 13: 9780810853522
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible