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The first comprehensive, scholarly history of Trinity College Library Dublin. It covers the whole 400 years of the Library's development, from its foundation by James Ussher in the seventeenth century to the electronic revolution of the twenty-first century. Particular attention is given to the buildings and the politics involved in obtaining funding for them, as well as the acquisition of the great treasures, such as the Book of Kells and the libraries of Ussher, Claudius Gilbert and Hendrik Fagel. An important aspect is the comprehensive coverage of legal deposit from the beginning of the nineteenth century, viewed for the first time from the Irish perspective. The book also draws parallels with the development of other libraries in Dublin and those of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and features throughout the individuals who influenced the Library's development – librarians, politicians, readers, book-collectors and book-thieves.

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Book category Books in English Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects Library & information sciences Library & information services

• Full title: Trinity College Library Dublin
• Author: Peter Fox
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 412
• EAN: 9781107011205
• ISBN: 1107011205
• ID: 02212061
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 1 g
• Dimensions: 179 × 252 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 24. April 2014

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