Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Wolfenbütteler Bibliographie zur Geschichte des Buchwesens in Deutschen Sprachgebiet 1840‐1980. Band 6: Bibliothekswesen 2, Teil 79007‐94236 Available to Purchase

The period of time and the range of subjects covered in the present volume is an inspiring testimony not only to the rich, continuing contribution of Germany as a whole to the literature on librarianship but also to the substantial influence which a library situated in a small provincial town there, in this case the Duke Augustus Library in Wolfenbüttel, can exert on international scholarship. Indeed the consistently high quality of its contribution to the tradition of librarianship as a scholarly profession often puts to shame that made by other, much larger libraries in this country which, having abandoned scholarship,...