図書館・博物館に関する研究

James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Ge­nius, brings us his crowning work....

At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe.....

Abandoned in a library book-drop slot in the dead of winter, the small kitten who came to be known as Dewey Readmore Books miraculously endured the coldest night of the year....

Robert L. Wilkins tells the story of how his curiosity about why there wasn't a national museum dedicated to African American history and culture became an obsession....

On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual false alarm....

Coming face to face with an important illuminated manuscript in the original is rather like meeting a very famous person....

Per prima cosa sfatiamo un mito. Non è assolutamente vero che l'Italia è il paese detentore del 50% dei beni culturali mondiali. Non abbiamo...

In Cataloging the World, Alex Wright introduces us to a figure who stands out in the long line of thinkers and idealists who devoted themselves to the task....

Libraries are much more than mere collections of volumes. The best are magical, fabled places whose fame has become part of the cultural wealth they are designed to preserve....