The story of libraries : from the invention of writing to the computer age / Fred Lerner.
- Lerner, Frederick Andrew, 1945-
- Date:
- 1998
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New York : Continuum, 1998.
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246 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Includes bibliography (p. [220]-236) and index.
Contents
The earliest libraries -- Libraries of classical antiquity -- Lanterns of the Dark Ages -- Libraries of the Orient -- Libraries of the Islamic world -- The high Middle Ages -- Gutenberg's legacy -- Treasuries of the book -- The repositories of knowledge -- Libraries for the people -- The rising generation -- Putting knowledge to work -- The craft of librarianship -- Libraries of the future.
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- 0826411142