How to Build a Christmas Tree from Obsolete Books

For several years now, when walking through the hall of the Zeughaus during the Advent season, visitors to the Herzog August Library have been welcomed by a special attraction: a Christmas tree which, on closer look, consists of nothing but books stacked flat on top of each other. To be more precise, these are volumes from the Nation union catalogue (NUC), whose linen covers are - appropriately - fir green. An Endless Phalanx in GreenMemories of the late 1980s come flooding back to me, of a ...

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Industrias Culturais (Universidade de Coimbra)
Published
2024-12-18
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https://doi.org/10.58079/12yjr
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Library Science and Administration
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How to Build a Christmas Tree from Obsolete Books

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How to Build a Christmas Tree from Obsolete Books

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Abstract

For several years now, when walking through the hall of the Zeughaus during the Advent season, visitors to the Herzog August Library have been welcomed by a special attraction: a Christmas tree which, on closer look, consists of nothing but books stacked flat on top of each other. To be more precise, these are volumes from the Nation union catalogue (NUC), whose linen covers are - appropriately - fir green. An Endless Phalanx in GreenMemories of the late 1980s come flooding back to me, of a ...

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