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9780810853522

The Romance of Libraries

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  • ISBN13:

    9780810853522

  • ISBN10:

    0810853523

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-11-17
  • Publisher: Scarecrow Press

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Summary

In the halls of knowledge, amidst the towering stacks of books, more than just facts and fiction await. The Romance of Libraries is a collection of true accounts of emotional attachments formed in and with libraries and the library field. Madeleine J. Lefebvre has gathered personal narratives from around the world from people who work in or use libraries. From the very young to those in their nineties, these people share their tales of love. While most accounts are about romances that developed in a library setting, some are about romances with libraries themselves. Loosely arranged by context, the stories'¬ ;happy, sad, or bittersweet'¬ ;share an over-arching theme of the transformative and emotive power of libraries in our lives. Lefebvre's underlying message is that the physical library can play a role in our affections that the virtual library never can.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Acknowledgments ix
Dear Library . . .
1(6)
The Library as Place---of Romance
7(14)
Reading Room Romance
21(10)
The Romance of Reference
31(8)
Student Assistants and Romance
39(18)
The Romance of Academic Libraries
57(12)
The Romance of Public Libraries
69(20)
Bookmobile Romance
89(6)
The Romance of Special Libraries
95(10)
Intralibrary Romance
105(18)
The Romance of Library School
123(24)
The Romance of Library Conferences
147(8)
Romance with an International Twist
155(8)
Multiple Copies
163(8)
Library Cupids
171(12)
If Food Be the Music of Romance
183(12)
Miscellanea
195(8)
P.S.: We Love You
203(4)
Appendix 207

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