Story Of Libraries From The Invention Of Writing To The Computer Age
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Fred Lerner
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London
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: Continuum
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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x, 249 p., [16] p. of plates.
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: ill.
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Index
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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