Improbable libraries
Johnson, Alex, 1969-2015
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From the rise of the egalitarian Little Free Library movement (motto: 'Take a book, return a book') to the growth of luxury hotel libraries, Alex Johnson - whose parents were both librarians - maps out the history and future of the 21st-century library revolution in seven thematic chapters, each consisting of a brief essay followed by illustrated project profiles. Whether by bike in Chicago or by donkey in Colombia, librarians all over the world are coming up with astonishingly ingenious ways of ensuring their books reach the people who need them. Many of these new libraries function as community centres, and assist their members in overcoming economic, social and political barriers.
Main title:
Improbable libraries / Alex Johnson.
Author:
Johnson, Alex, 1969-, author
Imprint:
London : Thames & Hudson, 2015.
Collation:
240 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 19 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780500517772 (hbk)
Dewey class:
025027020
LC class:
Z662
Local class:
025
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
462082
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