Committed to Print: Selected Essays in Praise of the Common Culture of the Book

TitleCommitted to Print: Selected Essays in Praise of the Common Culture of the Book
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1991
AuthorsTraue, James E.
Number of Pages128 pp.
PublisherVictoria University Press
CityWellington, New Zealand
LanguageEnglish
ISBN864732244
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Contents:
Ancestors of the mind
The book exhibition as a minds-on experience
For the ultimate good of the nation : the contribution of New Zealand's first book collectors
A theory of the research library
The research library and public knowledge
The Alexander Turnbull Library : a special case?
The purpose of a research library -- Why John Milton?
Acquiring publications from the Pacific
The University of New Zealand Press
Sharing : two themes and a coda
A sense of place
Today's photographs in tomorrow's archives
Published works 1961-1991.

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