9781333259372 - Report of Sub-Committee of the Library Committee on the System of Distributing and Managing Certain Parts of the Libraries in Other Universities, and ... the Univer... (3 resultados)

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book examines the historical development of departmental libraries in 19th-century Scottish and American universities, focusing on the University of Glasgow. It provides a detailed analysis of the reasons for the growth of departmental libraries, the challenges they faced, and the different models of cooperation and control that were developed between them and central libraries. The author argues that departmental libraries played a vital role in the development of research and teaching in the sciences at the University of Glasgow and other institutions, and that their history sheds light on the broader issue of the relationship between central and decentralized library services in academic institutions. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.