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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	3	.pdf	application/pdf	2058	80	52	Musmann begins his book with a dis- cussion of technological innovations, revealing a somewhat downbeat atti- tude about the significance of libraries: surely it is an overstatement that pub- lic libraries are no longer an impor- tant force in the leisure time activities of the public-at-large in many cities and towns. 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'?	cache/crl-14894.pdf	txt/crl-14894.txt