id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-13025 Moffett, W. A. History of Libraries in the Western World (Book Review) 1977-07-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 1296 68 57 But it is worth consid- ering some flaws in what may still be con- sidered as one of the more useful texts because they reflect characteristic short- comings, not only of library history as it has been written, but of the kind of tedious courses to which library school students are often subjected. I 355 that suffers by comparison with recent works in library history, especially those ap- pearing in conjunction with the American Bicentennial that called attention to the richness the field holds for its students and the greater sophistication in handling the subject deserves.-W. A. Moffett, Director of Libraries, State University of New York, College at Potsdam. cache/crl-13025.pdf txt/crl-13025.txt