Double fold : libraries and the assault on paper /

Double fold :

libraries and the assault on paper /
Nicholson Baker.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Baker, Nicholson.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: New York : Random House, 2001.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Libraries > United States > Special collections > Newspapers.
Newspaper and periodical libraries > United States.
Newspapers > Conservation and restoration.
Paper > Preservation > United States.
Bibliothèques > États-Unis > Fonds spéciaux > Journaux.
Bibliothèques de journaux et de périodiques > États-Unis.
Journaux > Conservation et restauration.
Papier > Conservation > États-Unis.
Notes:Dust jacket available. See entry for [Miscellaneous dust jackets removed from 2A Collection items] in the NLI catalogue

Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-353) and index.

Physical description: xii, 370 p., [4] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

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ISBN:0375504443 (alk. paper)
Table of Contents:
Overseas disposal
Original keepsakes
Destroying to preserve
It can be brutal
The Ace comb effect
Virgin mummies
Already worthless
A chance to begin again
Dingy, dreary, dog-eared, and dead
The preservation microfilming office
Thugs and pansies
Really wicked stuff
Getting the champagne out of the bottle
Bursting at the seams
The road to Avernus
It's not working out
Double fold
A new test
Great magnitude
Special offer
3.3 million books, 358 million dollars
Six thousand bodies a day
Burning up
Going, going, gone
Absolute nonsense
Drumbeat
Unparalleled crisis
Microfix
Slash and burn
A swifter conflagration
Crunch
A figure we did not collect
Leaf masters
Turn the pages once
Suibtermanean convumision
Honest disagreement
We just kind of keep track
In good faith.

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