History Of Libraries Of The Western World
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Author | : Michael H. Harris |
Publisher | : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
This edition of the History of Libraries in the Western World represents a substantial revision of the earlier edition, taking into account the information revolution that has swept the West since 1945 and the political revolution that swept across Europe beginning in 1986.
Author | : Elmer D. Johnson |
Publisher | : New York : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Libraries |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Elmer D. Johnson |
Publisher | : Metuchen, N.J : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 538 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780810802834 |
Author | : Michael H. Harris |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 1999-07-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0810877155 |
This edition of the History of Libraries in the Western World represents a substantial revision of the earlier edition, taking into account the "information revolution" that has swept the West since 1945 and the political revolution that swept across Europe beginning in 1986. In addition, recent scholarship has been incorporated throughout the text, with special emphasis on the work centered around the "new history of the book." The bibliographies at the end of each of the twelve chapters have been thoroughly revised to reflect the very considerable new work on library and book history.
Author | : Pamela Spence Richards |
Publisher | : Libraries Unlimited |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-05-26 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1610690990 |
A broad, comparative history of librarianship, this intriguing work goes beyond the standard focus on institutions and collections to help you explore the part modern librarianship played—and continues to play—in forming Western cultures. Previous histories of libraries in the Western world—the last of which was published nearly 20 years ago—concentrate on libraries and librarians. This book takes a different approach. It focuses on the practice of librarianship, showing you how that practice has contributed to constructing the heritage of cultures. To do so, this groundbreaking collection of essays presents the history of modern librarianship in the context of recent developments of the library institution, professionalization of librarianship, and innovation through information technology. Organized by region, the book addresses the widely recognized, international impact of Anglo-American librarianship and its continuing influence over the past century, combining critical analysis with chronological histories of modern librarianship in Europe, North America, Australia/New Zealand, and Africa. An introductory chapter explains the origins of the project, and a concluding chapter examines the effects of digitization on modern librarianship in the 21st century.
Author | : Jason König |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 501 |
Release | : 2013-04-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107244587 |
The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. However, books were both expensive and rare, and so libraries - private and public, royal and civic - played key roles in articulating intellectual life. This collection, written by an international team of scholars, presents a fundamental reassessment of how ancient libraries came into being, how they were organized and how they were used. Drawing on papyrology and archaeology, and on accounts written by those who read and wrote in them, it presents new research on reading cultures, on book collecting and on the origins of monumental library buildings. Many of the traditional stories told about ancient libraries are challenged. Few were really enormous, none were designed as research centres, and occasional conflagrations do not explain the loss of most ancient texts. But the central place of libraries in Greco-Roman culture emerges more clearly than ever.
Author | : K. Staikos |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
This work is the first in an important, five-volume series addressing the unique role libraries have played in building and preserving Western culture. Mr. Staikos has become one of our foremost scholars on library history, writing such books as this as well as works like "The Great Libraries," a classic in its field.This first volume reveals the rich history of the early archive libraries from Crete to the famous library of the Ptolemies in Alexandria. Through well-researched text and many full-color illustrations, the author guides his readers over 1800 years of mankind's struggle to preserve his knowledge by the written word.
Author | : Lucien X. Polastron |
Publisher | : Lucien X. POLASTRON |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2007-08-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781594771675 |
Almost as old as the idea of the library is the urge to destroy it. Author Lucien X. Polastron traces the history of this destruction, examining the causes for these disasters, the treasures that have been lost, and where the surviving books, if any, have ended up. Books on Fire received the 2004 Societe des Gens de Lettres Prize for Nonfiction/History in Paris.
Author | : Fred Lerner |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2009-12-24 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0826429904 |
This work describes the crucial role libraries played in ancient Egypt, Han-dynasty China, the ancient Western Classical world (the great library of Alexandria, which was lost to us in stages over many years), the Baghdad of Harun-al-Rashid, and medieval and Renaissance Europe. It continues with the libraries of colonial America, the Library of Congress, university libraries, and today's large public library system. >
Author | : Lionel Casson |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300088094 |
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