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The story of libraries : from the invention of writing to the computer age / Fred Lerner.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Continuum, 2009.Edition: 2nd edDescription: x, 249 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780826429902
  • 0826429904
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Z721 .L565 2009
Contents:
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.
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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.

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