@book{8656, author = {Frederick Lerner}, title = {The Story of Libraries: From the Invention of Writing to the Computer Age}, year = {2009}, edition = {2}, pages = {249 pp.}, publisher = {Continuum}, address = {New York, NY}, isbn = {9780826429902}, note = {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 of the people The rising generation Putting knowledge to work The craft of librarianship The science of information}, language = {English}, }