Library history is a subdiscipline within library science and library and information science focusing on the history of libraries and their role in societies...
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The history of libraries began with the first efforts to organize collections of documents. Topics of interest include accessibility of the collection...
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disciplines, library science and information science, but they are within the same field of study. Library science is applied information science. Library science...
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The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. The library was part...
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German Bibliothek). The history of libraries began with the first efforts to organize collections of documents. The first libraries consisted of archives...
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incunabula. The Vatican Library is a research library for history, law, philosophy, science, and theology. The Vatican Library is open to anyone who can...
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Libraries have been in West Virginia for much of its history as a state. Starting with subscription libraries, the early 19th century saw the beginning...
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A library catalog (or library catalogue in British English) is a register of all bibliographic items found in a library or group of libraries, such as...
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The Bodleian Library (/ˈbɒdliən, bɒdˈliːən/) is the main research library of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1602 by Sir Thomas Bodley, it is one...
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A public library is a library, most often a lending library, that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as...
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Information & Culture (redirect from The Journal of Library History)
briefly known as Journal of Library History, Philosophy, and Comparative Librarianship before returning to Journal of Library History. In 1988, the title was...
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The Library of Contemporary History (German: Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte) is one of Europe's largest special libraries for contemporary history, in...
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Bookmobile (redirect from Mobile library)
mobile library, is a vehicle designed for use as a library. They have been known by many names throughout history, including traveling library, library wagon...
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A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. A total of 2,509 Carnegie...
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Library (Russian: Российская государственная библиотека, romanized: Rossiyskaya gosudarstvennaya biblioteka) is one of the three national libraries of...
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Hadrian's Library was created by Roman Emperor Hadrian in AD 132 on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens. The building followed a typical Roman forum...
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The Library History Round Table encourages research and publication on library history and promotes awareness and discussion of historical issues in librarianship...
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A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is generally funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians...
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The Lost Library of the Moscow Tsars, also known as the "Golden Library", is a library speculated to have been assembled by Grand Duke Ivan III (the Great)...
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The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally...
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A national library is a library established by a government as a country's preeminent repository of information. Unlike public libraries, these rarely...
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Modern Library Series (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2014) Gordon B. Neavill, “The Modern Library Series: Format and Design, 1917-1977,” Printing History 1 (1979):...
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presented his "Library Plan for the Whole City", the first comprehensive branch library system in the nation. A landmark in library history, the plan called...
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Detroit Public Library is the second largest library system in the U.S. state of Michigan by volumes held (after the University of Michigan Library) and the...
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Vancouver Public Library (VPL) is the public library system for the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2013, VPL had more than 6.9 million visits...
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The history of libraries in Latin America dates back to before the conquest of the continent by the Spanish. Although the indigenous peoples of Mexico...
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The Church History Library (CHL) is a research center and archives building housing materials chronicling the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of...
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The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de...
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of Libraries Guerrilla librarian Informatics Librarian Library Company of Philadelphia Library History Library of Congress Library Journal Library Science...
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(previously Libraries & the Cultural Record, Libraries & Culture) Library & Information History (until 2008: Library History; until 1967: Library Association...
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