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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, acquisition of materials, arrangement and finding tools, the book trade, the influence of the physical properties of the different writing materials, language distribution, role in education, rates of literacy, budgets, staffing, libraries for ...
Whilst the Bodleian Library, in its current incarnation, has a continuous history dating back to 1602, its roots date back even further. The first purpose-built library known to have existed in Oxford was founded in the 14th century under the will of Thomas Cobham, Bishop of Worcester (d. 1327).
Library History 23 (2): 85–96. Martin, Lowell A. Enrichment: A History of the Public Library in the United States in the Twentieth Century (2003) Martin, Lowell Arthur, et al. Library response to urban change: a study of the Chicago Public Library (Chicago: American Library Association, 1969) McMullen, Haynes.
Library history is a subdiscipline within library science and library and information science focusing on the history of libraries and their role in societies and cultures. [1] Some see the field as a subset of information history . [ 2 ]
The destruction of the Library of Congress by the British in the War of 1812 was devastating, but the subsequent purchase of Thomas Jefferson's personal library influenced future public library content. Jefferson's library reflected Jefferson's own interests in education, rational thinking, and discovery, a stark difference from the scope of ...
The library, for example, holds one of the major collections of watercolors and drawings by Thomas Rowlandson. The library has a special strength in music, and holds the archives of the Handel and Haydn Society, scores from the estate of Serge Koussevitzky, and the papers of and grand piano belonging to the important American composer Walter ...
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The Library previously had a book storage depot in Woolwich, south-east London, which is no longer in use. [30] Entrance hall with tapestry. The new library was designed specially for the purpose by the architect Colin St John Wilson [13] in collaboration with his wife MJ Long, who came up with the plan that was subsequently developed and built ...