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020 _a9780826429902
_c(pbk.)
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_c(pbk.)
035 _a(Sirsi) i9780826429902
050 4 _aZ721
_b.L565 2009
100 1 _aLerner, Frederick Andrew,
_d1945-
245 1 4 _aThe story of libraries :
_bfrom the invention of writing to the computer age /
_cFred Lerner.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bContinuum,
_c2009.
300 _ax, 249 p., [16] p. of plates :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
500 _aPrevious ed.: 1998.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-233) and index.
505 0 _aThe 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.
650 0 _aLibraries
_xHistory.
999 _c17368
_d17368