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Download full textLesk, Michael – 1990
The rapid growth and distribution of scholarly research in the middle and late twentieth century, the limited supply of old books and other paper-based materials, and the deterioration of items printed on acidic paper since the mid-1800s have meant that many libraries lack suitable copies of printed sources that their users would like to read. For…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Comparative Analysis, Computer Storage Devices
