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crl-14894	De Belder, Kurt	La Bibliothèque de France à mi-parcours: de la TGB a la BN bis? (Book Review)	1994-05-01	3	.pdf	application/pdf	2058	83	53	In 1938 Alice Farquhar asserted that radio had decreased public library circulation, that people could not be expected to read books and magazines on current affairs when the radio offered last minute in- formation fascinatingly presented, and asked Why read a mystery when you can get your hair to stand on end, just passively listening to 'Lights Out'? In his estimation, the dismantlement of a library of a completely new type to a BN bis had been completed.-Kurt De Belder, New York University, New York, New York.	cache/crl-14894.pdf	txt/crl-14894.txt