A very interesting book that answers many questions about the Farmington Plan. In a time when we are again reminded that national security and intelligence are tied to materials not actively collected by North American research libraries, it would be very timely indeed for library administrators, collection developers, bibliographers, and catalogers to re-examine the lessons of the Farmington Plan.
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An interesting read on the Farmington Plan. Historians of librarianship will be well rewarded by his careful compilation of material; academic librarians will be startled by the similarities to cooperative attempts in our day and in the electronic environment.
College & Research Libraries
This is a welcome addition to the growing number of works on American library collections. All chapter essays are well crafted, solidly researched, and grounded in rigorous analysis. The work would be useful in any academic library; the ideas advanced here should prove to be springboards for new research in the field.
Information & Culture
A History of the Farmington Plan is an enormously interesting book. Its use of primary sources gives a feeling of immediacy that draws the reader along. The book is a must-read for librarians and other scholars who have an interest in the evolving history of scholarship in the United States and where libraries fit in that evolution. This is an important volume that will be used by future scholars both for its content and for its extensive bibliographic citations.
Technicalities
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