Libraries and archives have violated their public trust, argues
Nicholson Baker in his controversial book DEGREESIDouble Fold
DEGREESR, by destroying traditional books, newspapers, and other
paper-based collections. Baker's powerful and persuasive book is
wrong and misleading, and Cox critiques it point by point,
questioning his research, his assumptions, and his arguments about
why and how newspapers, books, and other collections are selected
and maintained.
DEGREESIDouble Fold DEGREESR, which reads like a history of
libraries and archives, is not a history at all, but a journalistic
account that is often based on fanciful and far-flung assertions
and weak data. The present book provides an opportunity to
understand how libraries and archives view their societal mandate,
the nature of their preservation and documentary functions, and the
complex choices and decisions that librarians and archivists face.
Libraries and archives are not simple warehouses for the storage of
objects to be occasionally called upon by a scholar, but they play
vital roles in determining and shaping a society's knowledge and
documentation.
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