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The New York Public Library : a universe of knowledge

Title: The New York Public Library : a universe of knowledge / Phyllis Dain.
Author: Dain, Phyllis.
Publication: New York : New York Public Library in association with Scala Publishers, London; Wappingers' Falls, NY : Distributed in the US and Canada by Antique Collectors' Club Limited, c2000.

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Not available - Please for assistance.	Text	Request in advance	*HND (NYPL) 01-5821	Offsite
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	*OAC 02-9428	Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	No restrictions	*R-Map Div. Z733.N6 D35 2000	Schwarzman Building - Map Division Reference Room 117
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Request in advance	*R-Slav. Div. 00-6663	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	Desk-Print Room 09-2430	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Request in advance	Desk-Slav. Div. 00-6108	Offsite
Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	Desk-USLHG Z733.N6 D35 2000	Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Desk Room 121
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	No restrictions	Pub. Cat. Z733.N6 D35 2000	Schwarzman Building - Public Catalog Room 315

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Description

144 p. : ill. (some col.); 23 cm.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preface / by Paul LeClerc -- Prelude -- 1. "A free library for the use of the people" : predecessors and founders -- A dream fulfilled, 1913-1945 -- 2. "Intellectual hospitality" : the research collections -- 3. "The sovereign hope of learning" : neighborhood library service -- Building libraries in a new world, 1945-2000 -- 4. "An empowering mechanism" : modernization and growth -- 5. "A metaphor for an ideal city" : creating a 21st-century library.

Call Number

Z733.N6

ISBN

1857592344 (alk. paper)
9780871044501 (cloth ; ǂq alk. paper)

LCCN

00026758

OCLC

43567583

Author

Dain, Phyllis.

Title

The New York Public Library : a universe of knowledge / Phyllis Dain.

Imprint

New York : New York Public Library in association with Scala Publishers, London; Wappingers' Falls, NY : Distributed in the US and Canada by Antique Collectors' Club Limited, c2000.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

Pub. Cat. Z733.N6 D35 2000

Desk-Slav. Div. 00-6108

*R-Slav. Div. 00-6663

Desk-USLHG Z733.N6 D35 2000

*HND (NYPL) 01-5821

*R-Map Div. Z733.N6 D35 2000

*OAC 02-9428

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