Bookshelf / Lydia Pyne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pyne, Lydia, author.

Contributor:

National Center for Biotechnology Information (U.S.)

National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

Series:

Object lessons.

Object lessons

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shelving for books.

Libraries.

Books.

Shelving (Furniture).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 pages).

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Former Title:

NCBI bookshelf <2004>

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2020.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web from the National Library of Medicine web site. Address as of 10/04/07: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=books; current access is available via PURL.

Summary:

"Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. You might think that its name says it all. A bookshelf is just that - a shelf for books. It's the stuff of libraries, offices, and the bane of movers' existence. But every shelf is different and every bookshelf tells a different story. One bookshelf can creak with character in a bohemian coffee shop and another can groan with gravitas in the Library of Congress. Bookshelf takes an almost meta-approach to the object studies aim of Object Lessons: exploring the stacks as well as our bedside tables, writer and historian Lydia Pyne unpacks not just the material parts but the secret lives of bookshelves. Pyne finds bookshelves to be holders not just of books but of so many other things: values, vibes, and verbs that can be contained and displayed in the buildings and rooms of contemporary human existence. With a shrewd eye toward this particular moment in the history of books, Pyne takes the reader on a tour of the bookshelf that leads critically to this juncture: amid rumors of the death of book culture, why is the life of bookshelf in full bloom?Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in the The Atlantic"-- Provided by publisher.

"Shows that, whether in the library, office, or home, the bookshelf is where and how we create categories to sort knowledge and experience and that every bookshelf tells a different story"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: What's in a name?

From medieval to modern: bookshelves in chains

The things that go on a bookshelf

Bookshelves that move

Bookshelves as signs and symbols

The life cycle of a bookshelf

Conclusion: The plural futures of bookshelves.

Notes:

Description based on contents viewed on Oct. 4, 2007; title from banner.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-126) and index.

ISBN:

9781501307355

1501307355

9781501307331

1501307339

9781501307348

1501307347

OCLC:

1201425835