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Restoring Order: The École des Chartes and the Organization of Archives and Libraries in France, 1820-1870 (review) 恢复秩序:École des Chartes和法国档案和图书馆组织，1820-1870(回顾)

Libraries & the cultural record Pub Date : 2009-08-05 DOI: 10.1353/LAC.0.0076

Christopher Jacobs

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Popular History and the Literary Marketplace (review) 通俗历史与文学市场(评论)

Libraries & the cultural record Pub Date : 2009-08-05 DOI: 10.1353/LAC.0.0084

Patrick M. Valentine

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America's Membership Libraries (review) 美国会员图书馆(综述)

Libraries & the cultural record Pub Date : 2009-08-05 DOI: 10.1353/LAC.0.0082

William F. Meehan

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"How Can We Fail?": The Texas State Library's Traveling Libraries and Bookmobiles, 1916–1966 “我们怎么会失败?”:德州州立图书馆的流动图书馆和流动图书室，1916-1966

Libraries & the cultural record Pub Date : 2009-08-05 DOI: 10.1353/LAC.0.0080

J. Cummings

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American Architects and Their Books, 1840-1915 (review) 美国建筑师和他们的书，1840-1915(回顾)

Libraries & the cultural record Pub Date : 2009-08-05 DOI: 10.1353/lac.0.0077

David Bosse

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Beyond the Archives: Research as a Lived Process (review) 超越档案:活生生的研究过程(综述)

Libraries & the cultural record Pub Date : 2009-08-05 DOI: 10.1353/LAC.0.0089

Mildred L. Jackson

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Women Professionals in Documentation in France during the 1930s 20世纪30年代法国从事文献工作的女性

Libraries & the cultural record Pub Date : 2009-05-17 DOI: 10.1353/LAC.0.0067

Sylvie Fayet-Scribe, Michael Buckland

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Highly Subjective: The Librarianship of Winifred Sewell 高度主观:温妮弗雷德·休厄尔的图书馆事业

Libraries & the cultural record Pub Date : 2009-05-17 DOI: 10.1353/LAC.0.0065

M. Ruffner, Emily J. Glenn