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    Our Heads Are Just Houses: The Relationship Between Books, Libraries, And Us.
    Our Heads Are Just Houses: The Relationship Between Books, Libraries, And Us.
    Our Heads Are Just Houses: The Relationship Between Books, Libraries, And Us.
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    Our Heads Are Just Houses: The Relationship Between Books, Libraries, And Us.

    By Michael Brousseau

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    This is a short book about the evolution of the book from stone tablets to the first printed books to the ebook. It includes an interactive timeline, illustrations by the author, and the history of the written word and how it pertains to libraries, both private, academic, and public.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichael Brousseau
    Release dateOct 20, 2021
    ISBN9780463727416
    Our Heads Are Just Houses: The Relationship Between Books, Libraries, And Us.

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      Our Heads Are Just Houses - Michael Brousseau

      Michael Brousseau

      LSC 510, Fall 2020. Dr Mandel

      Module 3 Project: ebook

      10/06/2021

       Our Heads Are Just Houses: The Realationship Between Books, Libraries, and Us.

           In the fall of 2020 I started my Masters Degree Program in Library Science. I decided to finish a bachelor's degree I had started more than twenty years before, and very quickly finished. My advisor gently nudged me to continue on to get a masters degree. During my time as an undergrad student I was required to complete an internship. My major was Geography, and over the course of my studies I became very interested in the history of exploration. The idea that at one point in human

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