| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xii, 370 p., [4] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-353) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Libraries -- Special collections -- Newspapers.
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Libraries -- Corrupt practices.
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Newspaper and periodical libraries.
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Newspapers -- Conservation and restoration.
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Paper -- Preservation.
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| ISBN |
0375504443 (alk. paper) |
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9780375504440 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 201151871 |
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YDXCP 1714848 |
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