Library world records
By: Godfrey Oswald ; foreword by Joyce N. Church
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9781476667775
Subjects: Libraries; Miscellanea; Books; Information resources; Information services
Description: "In its updated and expanded third edition, this reference work provides hundreds of fascinating facts about libraries, books, periodicals, reference databases, specialty archives, bookstores, catalogs, technology, information science organizations and library buildings"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: World records for national libraries; title: World records for public and subscription libraries; title: World records for university and academic libraries; title: World records for specialty libraries and archives; title: Miscellaneous world records for libraries; title: World records for books, periodicals and bookstores; title: World records for library buildings; title: World records for library catalogs, databases and technology; title: World records for library and information science organizations.