TY  - BOOK
AU  - Murray,Stuart
TI  - The library: an illustrated history 
SN  - 9781602397064 (hbk.)
AV  - Z721 .M87 2009
U1  - 027.009 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York, NY, Chicago
PB  - Skyhorse Pub., ALA Editions
KW  - Libraries
KW  - History
KW  - Pictorial works
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-307) and index; The 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 -- Libraries across America -- Organizing knowledge -- Libraries, librarians, and media centers -- Libraries of the world
N2  - The 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
ER  -