Double Fold (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Nicholson Baker
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: Current affairs
- Time of Work: The 1930’s to 2001
- Principal Characters: William James Barrow, Verner Clapp, Warren Haas, William J. Welsh
- Genres: Nonfiction, Current affairs
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, Twentieth century, Twenty-first century, 1940’s, 1930’s, 1980’s, Books, Libraries or librarians, 1990’s, 2000’s
Anyone who has done much research with old newspapers or magazines in a library has felt the sinking disappointment that comes from learning that a particular item is available only on microfilm. Microfilm, along with its rectangular cousin the microfiche, is frequently cumbersome and hard to read. Sometimes pages or whole sections are missing, or blurry, or faded. Sometimes nearly illegible copies from microfilm printers come through interlibrary loan stamped with the warning “best copy available.” All of this is known to researchers, who generally shrug and accept “best copy...
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