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The revision of the Directory of Rare Books and Special Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland

B.C. Bloomfield (Chairman, Rare Books Group, The Library Association, London, UK)

Library Review

ISSN: 0024-2535

Article publication date: 1 September 1995

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Abstract

Describes the circumstances surrounding, and difficulties in, the publication of the original edition of the Directory of Rare Books and Special Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland in the early 1970s. Explains the need for a revised edition and describes work in progress to update the information, as well as the problems involved in the revision. Indicates the likely publication schedule of the new edition.

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Bloomfield, B.C. (1995), "The revision of the Directory of Rare Books and Special Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland", Library Review, Vol. 44 No. 6, pp. 23-27. https://doi.org/10.1108/00242539510093656

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MCB UP Ltd

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