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For the first time, a library history is focused on the way in which libraries of all kinds have developed within a single state. The growth of public libraries, the state library, school libraries, academic libraries, and special libraries are all considered in this one volume.

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This book of Beckerman's is very comprehensive...it will be read with avidity in New Jersey, and it is also well worthy of attention by readers outside that State. * Library History * ...a welcome addition to the storehouse of U.S. library history...the arrangement and detailed index make it easier to locate information...valuable to those with a particular interest in New Jersey libraries and most useful to scholars who are examining broader aspects of U.S. library history. * Lisca *

This book of Beckerman's is very comprehensive...it will be read with avidity in New Jersey, and it is also well worthy of attention by readers outside that State. Library History ...a welcome addition to the storehouse of U.S. library history...the arrangement and detailed index make it easier to locate information...valuable to those with a particular interest in New Jersey libraries and most useful to scholars who are examining broader aspects of U.S. library history. Lisca

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Edwin Beckerman is a library consultant in the areas of library construction, organization, and management. He served as president of the New Jersey Library Association (1971), and served as a member of council for the ALA from 1973-1976.

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