TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lerner,Frederick Andrew
TI  - The story of libraries: from the invention of writing to the computer age 
SN  - 9780826429902
AV  - Z721 .L565 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Continuum
KW  - Libraries
KW  - History
N1  - Previous ed.: 1998; Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-233) and index; The earliest libraries -- Libraries of Classical -- 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 of the people -- The rising generation -- Putting knowledge to work -- The craft of librarianship -- The science of information
ER  -