Alan Gibbons, who runs the influential pro-library blog Campaign for the Book, has no doubt that local protesters are responsible for the lesser number of closures.
The Beagle's library included such influential reference texts as Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, as well as the writings of James Cook, Alexander von Humboldt, and Thomas Pennant (from whose 1793 book, History of Quadrupeds, this picture of a camel is taken).
Swarm was highly influential in the development of libraries that would arrive on the scene later, such as Repast 3 (North et al.2006) and Repast Simphony.
The private libraries of powerful and influential collectors, such as Cardinal Mazarin in France, were so large that a new approach to library organization was needed.
Over the next half-century, introduction of computerized cataloging; his writings on the field, including the influential "The Emergence of Maps in Libraries" (1980); and his spirited recruitment of map librarians jump-started a new field.
The most influential concepts influencing willingness to interact at library information desks were, in descending order, modernity, professionalism, welcoming environment, and accessibility.
Calpernia Addams: If I had to think back to the origins of my desire to entertain, I'd have to revisit the three most influential places of my life: church, a library and a show bar.
Mr. Clinton, who apparently has not settled on what he intends to do when he leaves office, aside from working on his presidential library, has encouraged the interest, telling influential Democrats that he intends to play an energetic role.
Hoernle had visited Rau's youth group in Zuffenhausen and had become a long standing friend; he was an influential teacher for Rau and made his voluminous library available to Rau to use.
But as the new library and an accompanying exhibition make abundantly clear, these influential judgments of Washington as a man of action, marred by bookish ignorance, are deeply flawed.
