The Playful Antiquarian

Matthew Battles Fan Club?

January 16th, 2004

Matthew Battles, coordinating editor of the Harvard Library Bulletin and author of Library: An Unquiet History, earned both the Librarian.net quote of the week and Jessamyn West’s praise today. Jumping on the bandwagon, I would like to add my own glowing praise. Last October, at the library history panel held by the Ticknor Society and Harvard’s History of the Book Seminar, he gave a fascinating presentation and raised good questions about the history of reading and libraries. I am still thinking about some of the ideas and questions that he raised . . . When I have time, I will definitely read some of the Hermenaut articles by Battles that Jessamyn points to in her post.[Ed. note, 1.18.04: this post has been edited/updated to match changes made in the linked to post. FYI, for those who may think something is amiss.]

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