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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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  • 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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    Library and information science (LIS) are two interconnected disciplines that deal with information management. This includes organization, access, collection...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • of Libraries Guerrilla librarian Informatics Librarian Library Company of Philadelphia Library History Library of Congress Library Journal Library Science...
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  • The history of libraries in South Africa had its start with libraries formed for private use which later were made available for the general public. In...
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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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  • 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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    artifacts that have been donated to the library. It is part of the Mid-York Library System. The first library in Cazenovia was started in 1828 by John...
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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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    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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    Osler Library, a branch of the McGill University Library and part of ROAAr since 2016, is Canada's foremost scholarly resource for the history of medicine...
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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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    States. The library system boasts a collection of art and literature, art and history exhibits, a variety of programs for all ages. The library is home to...
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    a research library with collections focusing on the history of African Americans in Denver and the American West. As of 2017, the library sees 135,000...
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  • Prize awarded annually by the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association for the best library history essay. Annual awards 1896 Herman...
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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 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 Media History Digital Library (MHDL) is a non-profit, open access digital archive founded by David Pierce and directed by Eric Hoyt that compiles...
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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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  • established in 1966 as The Journal of Library History and was published at Florida State University School of Library Science until it moved to the University...
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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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  • Olivia Raney Local History Library, previously the Olivia Raney Memorial Library and alternatively referred to as the Olivia Raney Library, shares its name...
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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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  • 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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  • Alexandrian library and its aftermath, Uwe Jochum, presented at the Second Anglo-German seminar on library history, The universal library: from Alexandria...
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    Hadrian's Library was a monumental building created by Roman Emperor Hadrian in AD 132 on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens. The main entrance...
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    The Kent History and Library Centre is a purpose-built headquarters in James Whatman Way, Maidstone, that opened on 23 April 2012. It has been designed...
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