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200 10$aSacred stacks$b[electronic resource] $ethe higher purpose of libraries and librarianship /$fNancy Kalikow Maxwell
210   $aChicago $cAmerican Library Association$d2006
215   $a1 online resource (169 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 141-147) and index.
327   $aLibraries as sacred, secular institutions -- Librarians perform sacred functions -- Librarians and libraries organize chaos -- Librarians and libraries bestow immortality -- Librarians and libraries uplift individuals and society -- Libraries provide sacred, secular space -- Librarians and libraries promote community -- Librarians and libraries transmit culture to future generations -- Implications of libraries as sacred, secular institutions.
330   $a"Librarians serve a higher purpose that no amount of digitization or computerization can ever replace?Libraries have survived and will continue to thrive in the future, because they fulfill eternal needs for people."?Nancy Kalikow Maxwell from the Preface. Librarianship as a calling is a powerful perspective. While it's been a long time since libraries were exclusively the provenance of monks, some of those sacred roots remain, according to librarian and theologian Maxwell. Many librarians sense the deeper meaning and higher purpose in their work, yet rarely have time to contemplate it. Maxwel
606   $aLibraries$xReligious aspects
606   $aLibraries and society
606   $aLibraries$xAims and objectives
606   $aBooks and reading$xReligious aspects
606   $aLibrary science$xPhilosophy
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aLibraries$xReligious aspects.
615  0$aLibraries and society.
615  0$aLibraries$xAims and objectives.
615  0$aBooks and reading$xReligious aspects.
615  0$aLibrary science$xPhilosophy.
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