id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-15371 Winter, Michael F. Krummel, D.W. Fiat Lux, Fiat Latebra: A Celebration of Historical Library Functions. Urbana, Ill.: Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Univ. of Illinois (Occasional Papers No. 209), 1999. 27p. $8 (ISSN 0276 1769). 2000-05-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 1383 74 63 Although much library history consists of journeyman spadework that only an aficionado could really love, D.W. Krummel has come on the scene to look over the entire valley, indicate the gen­ eral pattern of succession among the spe­ cies, pause occasionally to describe curi­ osities, and encourage the visitor to ex­ plore on her or his own. The chief virtue of this engaging and in­ formative overview of library history is brevity; if the old adage is right, this es­ say contains much wit and perhaps some useful wisdom. cache/crl-15371.pdf txt/crl-15371.txt