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Libraries & culture Pub Date : 2006-09-18 DOI: 10.1353/LAC.2006.0052

J. A. Overmier

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A Library-Keeper's Business: Essays by Roger E. Stoddard, and: RES Gestae, Libri Manent: An Exhibition and Symposium Celebrating the Career of Roger E. Stoddard (review) 《图书馆管理员的事业:罗杰·e·斯托达德随笔》和《图书馆管理:纪念罗杰·e·斯托达德职业生涯的展览与研讨会》(书评)

Libraries & culture Pub Date : 2006-09-18 DOI: 10.1353/LAC.2006.0048

Paul S. Koda

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Paper Talk: A History of Libraries, Print Culture, and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada before 1960 (review) 论文谈话:1960年前加拿大图书馆、印刷文化和原住民的历史(回顾)

Libraries & culture Pub Date : 2006-09-18 DOI: 10.1353/LAC.2006.0050

S. Nash

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Museums, Nationality, and Public Research Libraries in Nineteenth-Century Transylvania 19世纪特兰西瓦尼亚的博物馆、民族和公共研究图书馆

Libraries & culture Pub Date : 2006-09-18 DOI: 10.1353/LAC.2006.0051

J. Niessen

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De la biblioteca particular a la biblioteca pública: libros, lectores y pensamiento bibliotecario en los orígenes de la biblioteca pública de Buenos Aires, 1779-1812 (review) 从私人图书馆到公共图书馆:布宜诺斯艾利斯公共图书馆起源中的书籍、读者和图书馆员思想，1779-1812(回顾)

Libraries & culture Pub Date : 2006-09-18 DOI: 10.1353/LAC.2006.0038

A. Benavides

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Dismantling the Public Sphere: Situating and Sustaining Librarianship in the Age of the New Public Philosophy (review) 拆解公共领域:新公共哲学时代图书馆事业的定位与维系(书评)

Libraries & culture Pub Date : 2006-09-18 DOI: 10.1353/LAC.2006.0039

J. Budd

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Ethics and Electronic Information: A Festschrift for Stephen Almagno, and: Information Ethics in the Electronic Age: Current Issues in Africa and the World (review) 《伦理与电子信息:斯蒂芬·阿尔马格诺的纪念》和《电子时代的信息伦理:非洲和世界的当前问题》(回顾)

Libraries & culture Pub Date : 2006-09-18 DOI: 10.1353/LAC.2006.0043

Ellen D. Gilbert

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John Masefield, The "Great Auk" of English Literature: A Bibliography (review) 约翰·梅斯菲尔德:《英国文学的“大海雀”:参考书目》

Libraries & culture Pub Date : 2006-09-18 DOI: 10.1353/LAC.2006.0046

M. Karp

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The Contributions of Nineteenth-Century Christian Missionaries to Chinese Library Reform 19世纪基督教传教士对中国图书馆改革的贡献

Libraries & culture Pub Date : 2006-09-18 DOI: 10.1353/LAC.2006.0049

Jing Liao

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Light on the Book Trade: Papers Presented to Peter Isaac (review) 图书贸易之光:提交给彼得·艾萨克的论文(评论)

Libraries & culture Pub Date : 2006-09-18 DOI: 10.1353/LAC.2006.0055

M. Smolenaars

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