The history of libraries began with the first efforts to organize collections of documents. Topics of interest include accessibility of the collection...

Library history is a subdiscipline within library science and library and information science focusing on the history of libraries and their role in societies...

Library and information science (LIS) are two interconnected disciplines that deal with information management. This includes organization, access, collection...

German Bibliothek). The history of libraries began with the first efforts to organize collections of documents. The first libraries consisted of archives...

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...

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...

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...

incunabula. The Vatican Library is a research library for history, law, philosophy, science, and theology. The Vatican Library is open to anyone who can...

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...

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...

The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally...

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...

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 Media History Digital Library (MHDL) is a non-profit, open access digital archive founded by David Pierce and directed by Eric Hoyt that compiles...

The Library History Round Table encourages research and publication on library history and promotes awareness and discussion of historical issues in librarianship...

Prize awarded annually by the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association for the best library history essay. Annual awards 1896 Herman...

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...

Wisdom (Arabic: بَيْت الْحِكْمَة Bayt al-Ḥikmah), also known as the Grand Library of Baghdad, was believed to be a major Abbasid-era public academy and intellectual...

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...

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...

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...

The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, housing some 3.5 million books, is the centerpiece of the Harvard Library system. It honors 1907 Harvard College...

(previously Libraries & the Cultural Record, Libraries & Culture) Library & Information History (until 2008: Library History; until 1967: Library Association...

Modern Library Series (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2014) Gordon B. Neavill, “The Modern Library Series: Format and Design, 1917-1977,” Printing History 1 (1979):...

The BYU Family History Library (FHL) is located in the Harold B. Lee Library (HBLL) on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. It is one...

A national library is a library established by a government as a country's preeminent repository of information. Unlike public libraries, these rarely...

families. The library's staff includes specialists in adult reference, children's books, and local history. The Everett Public Library introduced a bookmobile...

A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. A total of 2,509 Carnegie...

librarian in the London Library's history. 2004: Anjana Chattopadhyay became the first Director of the National Medical Library in India. 2009: Anne Jarvis...