The Story of Libraries: From the Invention of Writing to the Computer Age

Reference Type	Book
Year of Publication	2009
Author	Author: Frederick Lerner
Edition	2
Language	English
Number of Pages	249 pp.
Publisher	Continuum
City	New York, NY
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Region	Africa Asia Europe Middle East United States
Library Type	Academic Libraries National Libraries Public Libraries
Chronological Period	10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 1800-1849 1850-1899 18th century 1900-1949 1950-1999 21st century 6th century 7th century 8th century 9th century Ancient Period (pre 500)
ISBN	9780826429902
Annotation	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