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The Romance of Libraries
About this book
In the halls of knowledge, amidst the towering stacks of books, more than just facts and fiction await. The Romance of Libraries is a collection of true accounts of emotional attachments formed in and with libraries and the library field. Madeleine J. Lefebvre has gathered personal narratives from around the world from people who work in or use libraries. From the very young to those in their nineties, these people share their tales of love. While most accounts are about romances that developed in a library setting, some are about romances with libraries themselves. Loosely arranged by context, the stories-happy, sad, or bittersweet-share an over-arching theme of the transformative and emotive power of libraries in our lives. Lefebvre's underlying message is that the physical library can play a role in our affections that the virtual library never can.
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Table of contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- CHAPTER ONE Dear Library . . .
- CHAPTER TWO The Library as Place—of Romance
- CHAPTER THREE Reading Room Romance
- CHAPTER FOUR The Romance of Reference
- CHAPTER FIVE Student Assistants and Romance
- CHAPTER SIX The Romance of Academic Libraries
- CHAPTER SEVEN The Romance of Public Libraries
- CHAPTER EIGHT Bookmobile Romance
- CHAPTER NINE The Romance of Special Libraries
- CHAPTER TEN Intralibrary Romance
- CHAPTER ELEVEN The Romance of Library School
- CHAPTER TWELVE The Romance of Library Conferences
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Romance with an International Twist
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Multiple Copies
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Library Cupids
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN If Food Be the Music of Romance
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Miscellanea
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN P.S.: We Love You
- APPENDIX Margy’s Matrimonial Lasagna
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