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# Library History again
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/library-history-again/
- Published: 2007-11-13T18:52:36.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T09:29:28.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Books

A long time ago I wrote …. 

> If you have [$495](https://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-History-Libraries-Britain-Ireland/dp/0521858089/ref=ed%5Foe%5Fh/102-1178467-2130545?ref=lorcandempsey.net) to spend, or [£261.25](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cambridge-History-Libraries-Britain-Ireland/dp/0521858089/sr=11-1/qid=1167542214/ref=sr%5F11%5F1/026-4436814-7314822?ref=lorcandempsey.net), you can acquire *[The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland](https://www.cambridge.org/features/history/hoare/?ref=lorcandempsey.net)*. The publisher claims that this is “The most comprehensive history of libraries from their beginnings to the digital age”. 

> Three volumes, 2072 pages, 4.99 lbs.

> I would be interested in reviewing the third volume if somebody is looking for a reviewer ….. \[[Lorcan Dempsey’s weblog: Library history](https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/001235.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]

My [review](https://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue53/maccoll-dempsey-rvw/?ref=lorcandempsey.net) of Volume III appears in the current issue of Ariadne. John MacColl [reviewed](https://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue52/maccoll-dempsey-rvw/?ref=lorcandempsey.net) Volumes I and II.