000 01622 a2200313 4500
001 2009012126
003 OCoLC
005 20170615095459.0
008 090401s2009 nyuag b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2009012126
020 _a9781602397064 :
_c$35.00
020 _a1602397066 :
_c$35.00
035 _a(NjBwBT)bt2009027934
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_cDLC
_dNjBwBT
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_b.M885 2009
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100 1 _aMurray, Stuart A. P.
245 1 4 _aThe library :
_ban illustrated history /
_cStuart A.P. Murray ; introduction by Donald G. Davis, Jr. ; foreword by Nicholas A. Basbanes.
260 _aNew York :
_bSkyhorse Pub. ;
_aChicago :
_bALA Editions,
_cc2009.
300 _ax, 310 p. :
_bill. (some col.), music ;
_c27 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 306-307) and index.
505 0 _aThe ancient libraries -- European libraries of the Middle Ages -- Asia and Islam -- Europe's high Middle Ages -- Renaissance to Reformation -- People of the book -- War and a golden age -- The library in colonial North America -- The library in the young United States -- The library movement -- Organizing knowledge -- Libraries, librarians, and media centers.
520 _aThe history of libraries from ancient to modern times is presented through a review of the types of documents stored, the structures themselves, the way they have been managed, and the important part they have played in every culture around the world.
650 7 _aLibraries
_xHistory.
_2sears
650 7 _aLibraries
_vPictorial works.
_2sears
935 _aSANDY
999 _c8791
_d8791