id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-15108 Mason, James W. Reilly, James M., Douglas W. Nishi-mura, and Edward Zinn. New Tools for Preservation: Assessing Long-Term Environmental Effects on Library and Archives Collections. Washington, D.C.: Commission on Preservation and Access, 1995. 35p. $10, alk. paper. (ISBN 1-887334-46-7.) 1997-01-01 3 .pdf application/pdf 2407 180 46 As useful as his work is for understand- ing the development of communication in Europe and the United States, it is less relevant to understanding commu- nication systems in other cultures. First, toward the end of the book Lacy expresses grave concerns over the “in- formation disenfranchised,” arguing a widely held belief that many people— even whole societies—are information poor because they lack access to avail- able information within the mainstream of communication systems. cache/crl-15108.pdf txt/crl-15108.txt