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Efficiency, Sustainability, and Justice to Future Generations by Mathis, Klaus

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Sacred stacks the higher purpose of libraries and librarianship / by Maxwell, Nancy Kalikow

Table of Contents: “…Libraries as sacred, secular institutions -- Librarians perform sacred functions -- Librarians and libraries organize chaos -- Librarians and libraries bestow immortality -- Librarians and libraries uplift individuals and society -- Libraries provide sacred, secular space -- Librarians and libraries promote community -- Librarians and libraries transmit culture to future generations -- Implications of libraries as sacred, secular institutions.…”
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The Time of Enlightenment : Constructing the Future in France, 1750 to Year One / by Nelson, William Max, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Making Time Different: Historical Change and the Laws of Nature -- Living the Future: Ideas of Progress and Uncanny Temporality -- "The Explosion of Light": The Economic Order and the Scientific Revelation of the Future -- Generating Time: Buffon and the Biological Instruments of Futurity -- The Time of Regeneration: Renewal, Rupture, and Beginning Anew in the French Revolution.…”
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The Time of Enlightenment : Constructing the Future in France, 1750 to Year One / by Nelson, William Max, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Making Time Different: Historical Change and the Laws of Nature -- Living the Future: Ideas of Progress and Uncanny Temporality -- "The Explosion of Light": The Economic Order and the Scientific Revelation of the Future -- Generating Time: Buffon and the Biological Instruments of Futurity -- The Time of Regeneration: Renewal, Rupture, and Beginning Anew in the French Revolution.…”
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