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ERIC Number: EJ141609
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Publication Date: 1976
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"To Enlarge the Sphere of Human Knowledge": The Role of the Independent Research Library
Budington, William S.
College and Research Libraries, 37, 4, 299-315, Jul 76
The independent research libraries have diverse origins and have traveled many paths toward today's complex of library resources in this country. The motives for their founding are many, and their varying sizes belie the uniform significance of their collections to the national resource. (Author)
Descriptors: Library Collections, Library Role, Library Services, Research Libraries
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