The Library: A Fragile History is ambitious in its scope and detail-oriented in its execution. The book traces the entire history of libraries, inclusive of private, state, public and academic ...

THE legislative history of the Library of Congress, although not a brief, is a meagre one. It was established in the year that witnessed the removal of the capital to Washington ; but from 1802, when ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — “Over 150 years, there’s certainly been a lot of innovation,” said Keith Howard, Kalamazoo Public Library’s digital preservation specialist. “This library has always been, ever since ...

The world’s oldest known library, the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, in what is today Iraq, was created in the seventh century B.C.E. to store clay tablets used for recordkeeping. Its librarians ...

The Minneapolis Central Library includes in its special collections a large repository of material devoted to the history of the city. It’s a wonderful resource, made more interesting by the fact that ...