Double Fold
Title | Double Fold PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholson Baker |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2002-08-13 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1400033047 |
The ostensible purpose of a library is to preserve the printed word. But for fifty years our country’s libraries–including the Library of Congress–have been doing just the opposite, destroying hundreds of thousands of historic newspapers and replacing them with microfilm copies that are difficult to read, lack all the color and quality of the original paper and illustrations, and deteriorate with age. With meticulous detective work and Baker’s well-known explanatory power, Double Fold reveals a secret history of microfilm lobbyists, former CIA agents, and warehouses where priceless archives are destroyed with a machine called a guillotine. Baker argues passionately for preservation, even cashing in his own retirement account to save one important archive–all twenty tons of it. Written the brilliant narrative style that Nicholson Baker fans have come to expect, Double Fold is a persuasive and often devastating book that may turn out to be The Jungle of the American library system.
Newspapers on Microfilm
Title | Newspapers on Microfilm PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 138 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Microfilms |
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Newspapers in Microfilm
Title | Newspapers in Microfilm PDF eBook |
Author | Pennsylvania State University. Patee Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Newspapers |
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Newspapers on Microfilm
Title | Newspapers on Microfilm PDF eBook |
Author | Library of Congress. Union Catalog Division |
Publisher | |
Pages | 508 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Newspapers |
ISBN |
Newspapers, Periodicals, Records for Research on Microfilm
Title | Newspapers, Periodicals, Records for Research on Microfilm PDF eBook |
Author | Microfilming Corporation of America |
Publisher | |
Pages | 88 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Documents on microfilm |
ISBN |
Newspapers on Microfilm
Title | Newspapers on Microfilm PDF eBook |
Author | George A. Schwegmann |
Publisher | |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 1953 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Newspapers and Journals on Microfilm
Title | Newspapers and Journals on Microfilm PDF eBook |
Author | British Museum. Newspaper Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 17 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Newspapers |
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