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Peer reviewedIsaacs, Margaret – Australian Library Journal, 1987
Examines the place of fiction in the library collection, the attitudes and practices of Australian librarians with respect to fiction, and the factors, including historical ones, which have shaped these attitudes. A proposal for a new approach to fiction in public libraries is presented. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Fiction, Foreign Countries, Library Collections
Download full textBoorstin, Daniel J. – 1984
This study explores the changing role of the book in the future. The report draws on interviews with authors, publishers, booksellers, computer experts, librarians, scientists, educators, and scholars and on the experience of the Library of Congress staff. The first part, "The Culture of the Book: Today and Tomorrow," includes sections…
Descriptors: Books, Futures (of Society), Libraries, Long Range Planning
