I am taking the liberty of posting this announcement in the hope that a professional publication by an AJL member may be of interest to readers of this list.
The Continuum International Publishing Group has published the second edition of my book, THE STORY OF LIBRARIES: FROM THE INVENTION OF WRITING TO THE COMPUTER AGE. The ISBN is 9780826429902 and the list price is $27.95. Some excerpts from their press release: "In this fully updated edition, Fred Lerner continues to explore the ways in which men and women collect and organize the records of human experience. Updated to include our ever-expanding technology, Lerner describes the crucial role libraries played in ancient Egypt, Han-dynasty China, the ancient Western Classical world (the great library of Alexandria, which was lost to us in stages over many years), the Baghdad of Harun-al-Rashid, and medieval and Renaissance Europe. It continues with the libraries of colonial America, the Library of Congress, university libraries, and today's large public library system. "Perfect for the aspiring and situated librarian, The Story of Libraries is a brief historical narrative, not an exhaustive statistical survey. This is a history of one of the most enduring of human institutions, one nearly as old as history itself." More information is available from: Kimberly Petit, Marketing & Sales Associate, Continuum International Publishing Group; Tel: 212-953-5858 x 121; Email: kpe...@continuum-books.com Fred Lerner, D.L.S. 81 Worcester Avenue White River Junction, Vermont 05001 <fred.ler...@dartmouth.edu> <www.sover.net/~flerner> --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
