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Scholarly Religious Libraries in North America
John F. Harvey
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Description for Scholarly Religious Libraries in North America
Hardback. Contains comparative data for colleges, universities, seminaries, convents and monasteries, religious archives, and the libraries located in the headquarters of hundreds of denominations on the continent. Num Pages: 672 pages, 473 tables. BIC Classification: 1KB; GLM; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 151 x 39. Weight in Grams: 912.
Few scholars of library science, theology, or popular culture know that 27% of all the libraries in the U.S. and Canada have some form of religious affiliation. John Harvey, a noted international library consultant and former dean of the library school at Drexel, has spent years compiling an exhaustive analysis of these collections, an analysis that will provide the framework for further study of the religious library world as it exists in these two countries. Scholarly Religious Libraries contains comparative data for colleges, universities, seminaries, convents and monasteries, religious archives, and the libraries located in ... Read more
Few scholars of library science, theology, or popular culture know that 27% of all the libraries in the U.S. and Canada have some form of religious affiliation. John Harvey, a noted international library consultant and former dean of the library school at Drexel, has spent years compiling an exhaustive analysis of these collections, an analysis that will provide the framework for further study of the religious library world as it exists in these two countries. Scholarly Religious Libraries contains comparative data for colleges, universities, seminaries, convents and monasteries, religious archives, and the libraries located in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810833418
SKU
V9780810833418
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99-15
About John F. Harvey
John F. Harvey (Ph.D., University of Chicago) has had several careers in his fifty years of library and information service — academic library director, library school dean and professor, international consultant, writer and editor. He is a frequent book reviewer and a member of seven religious library associations. He has published ten books and contributed to many professional papers and ... Read more
Reviews for Scholarly Religious Libraries in North America
The author states that these pioneering studies are designed to analyze the fundamental characteristics of prominent groups of North American.
Lisca
The book is interesting in that it provides information that hitherto would not be available, at least not in this form, and...it is very readable.
Bulletin of ABTAPL
...an astounding amount of information for anyone ... Read more
Lisca
The book is interesting in that it provides information that hitherto would not be available, at least not in this form, and...it is very readable.
Bulletin of ABTAPL
...an astounding amount of information for anyone ... Read more