id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-15948 Smith, Geoffrey D. America’s Membership Libraries. Ed. Richard Wendorf. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll, 2007. 354p. alk. paper, $39.95 (ISBN 1584561998). LC 2007-45691. 2008-07-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 1170 53 52 Edited by Richard Wendorf, Stanford Calderwood Director of the Boston Athenæum, with a Preface by Nicolas Barker, Chairman of the Committee of the London Library, the primary contributors are directors of membership libraries but also include trustees, members, and library assistants. Frequently, membership libraries had to deaccession important holdings to ensure their survival. cache/crl-15948.pdf txt/crl-15948.txt