From: The Australian Library Journal | Date: August 1, 2001| Author: Cope, R L | COPYRIGHT 2001 Australian Library and Information Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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Baker, Nicholson: Double Fold: Libraries and the assault on paper. New York, Random House, 2001. xii, 371 p., illus. ISBN 0 375 50444 3. Price: $US25.95 (hardback),

Introduction

DOUBLE FOLD IS NOT LIKELY TO LEAVE MANY READERS INDIFFERENT. TO JUDGE FROM THE large range of reactions (offensive and defensive) in the United States, just the opposite is true (1). Indignation, disbelief occasionally self-righteous ripostes...