Sacred Stacks: The Higher Purpose of Libraries and Librarianship

by Nancy Kalikow Maxwell

American Library Association, 2006

Paper: 978-0-8389-0917-1

Library of Congress Classification Z716.4.M37 2006

Dewey Decimal Classification 27

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Libraries as Sacred, Secular Institutions
2 Librarians Perform Sacred Functions
3 Librarians and Libraries Organize Chaos
4 Librarians and Libraries Bestow Immortality
5 Librarians and Libraries Uplift Individuals and Society
6 Libraries Provide Sacred, Secular Space
7 Librarians and Libraries Promote Community
8 Librarians and Libraries Transmit Culture to Future Generations
9 Implications of Libraries as Sacred, Secular Institutions
Bibliography
Index

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