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crl-12563	Watson, Peter G.	Out of the Dinosaurs --the Evolution of the National Lending Library for Science and Technology (Book Review)	1973-09-01	2	.pdf	application/pdf	1485	77	57	In seven tightly-organized chapters the author, who is senior lecturer in informa- · tion work at Liverpool Polytechnic, covers the fascinating historical background to the NLL; its staffing, stock, and records; the operational service; and the ancillary activ- ities (translations, courses, etc.) which con- stitute some of the best examples of the NLL' s creative, flexible, and undogmatic approach to modern library service. The title itself refers to one of NLL Director D. J. Urqu- hart's more provocative statements, here highlighted facing the title-page, comparing the failure of traditional libraries to see the significance of the NLL, to the dinosaurs' fatal incomprehension of the new species appearing around them.	cache/crl-12563.pdf	txt/crl-12563.txt