id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-15850 Jones, Plummer Alston “Al” Maxwell, Nancy Kalikow. Sacred Stacks: The Higher Purpose of Libraries and Librarianship. Chicago: American Library Association, 2006. 156 p. $32 ($28.80 for ALA members) (ISBN 0838909175). LC 2006-573. 2007-01-01 1 .pdf application/pdf 620 26 41 In the preface and throughout the book, she “ar- gues that libraries have survived, and will continue to thrive in the future, because they fulfill eternal needs of people. Maxwell, currently an administrator at Miami Dade College North Campus Library, brings thirty years of experience in public and academic libraries as well as extensive reading and study to bear in this historical, sociological, theologi- cal, and philosophical discussion of the importance of libraries and librarians in American society. cache/crl-15850.pdf txt/crl-15850.txt