{"product_id":"vandals-in-the-stacks-richard-j-cox-9780313323447","title":"Vandals in the Stacks?: A Response to Nicholson Baker's Assault on Libraries","description":"\u003cp\u003eLibraries and archives have violated their public trust, argues Nicholson Baker in his controversial book  IDouble Fold R, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e IDouble Fold R, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard J. Cox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313323445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313323447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 6.02w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2002 pg. 695","brand":"Richard J. Cox","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48457665085695,"sku":"9780313323447","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_04e05472-bff8-4aae-9a12-c12a20d5073a.jpg?v=1777400374","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vandals-in-the-stacks-richard-j-cox-9780313323447","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}