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Chargement... Origins of the American College Library, 1638-1800par Louis Shores
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Shores argues that while having a library was seen as a key element of an institution's reputation, in many cases the nature of the collections was meant that the books themselves were often outdated and "largely useless" (pg. 229). Those few purchases that were made are discussed at length, as is the available evidence for how libraries were administered, housed, catalogued and used during the colonial period.
Much supplemental materials is given here in appendices, including a list of donations to the colonial colleges and information on the various men who are known to have served as librarians.
Near the beginning of his book, Shores notes the irony that "libraries so careful in the preservation of all other materials only too frequently have failed to organize and preserve their own library records" (pg. ix), a fact which makes what he accomplished here all the more important. Yes, there are holes (we know almost nothing about the pre-1800 collections at Rutgers, for example), but Shores has worked wonders with the sources available.
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