Libraries Without Walls or Architectural Fantasies: A Turn-of-the-Millennum Dilemma
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1999
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Author:
Hermina G.B. Anghelescu |
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Libraries & Culture
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34
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2
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| Pagination |
168-174
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Review essay of:
Melot, Michel, ed. Nouvelles Alexandries: Les grands chantiers de bibliotheques dans le monde. Paris: Editions du Cercle de la Librairie, 1996. 416 pp. 750
Essays examine "fifteen of the most prominent new libraries in the world": Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria; National Library, Algiers; Royal and University Library, Copenhagen; Cheikh Anta Diop University Library, Dakar; Juma–Al–Majid Cultural Center, Dubai; University Library, Gottingen; Municipal Library, The Hague; British Library, London; Science, Industry and Business Library, New York; French National Library (BNF), Paris; National Library, Beijing; Public Library, San Francisco; National Library, Taiwan; National Library, Tallinn; and Waseda University Library, Tokyo
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