Of interest to us librarians: The National Book Critics Circle award for
Non-Fiction has just been awarded to Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault
on Paper by Nicholson Baker. If you haven't read it, it's a bit on the
hysterical side (in my opinion), but is definitely worth reading: an
impassioned protest on the destruction of original source documents through
and because of microfilming. Librarian's come off as both good and bad guys,
but he also targets shrinking budgets and the powers that control them.
Moira
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Moira Steven, Head Librarian
Atlanta College of Art Library
1280 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: 404-733-5021/Fax: 404-733-5312
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