Baker, Nicholson
Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper
- ISBN 13:
- 9780375726217
- author:
- Baker, Nicholson
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Vintage
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2002
- Pages:
- 384
- Dimensions:
- 132mm X 20mm
- Genre:
- Politics / Current Events
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Double Fold: A Secret History of the American Library System For over fifty years, the country's libraries, including the Library of Congress, have been destroying historic newspapers, replacing them with microfilm copies that lack the quality and color of the original paper and illustrations. This has been done with the support of microfilm lobbyists and former CIA agents, who have been instrumental in the destruction of priceless archives. Nicholson Baker's book, Double Fold, reveals a secret history of this process, using meticulous detective work to expose the truth. Baker argues passionately for preservation, even going so far as to cash in his own retirement account to save one important archive, all twenty tons of it. Written in Baker's characteristic narrative style, Double Fold is a persuasive and often devastating book that sheds light on the inner workings of the American library system.
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