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Illustrated articles on the public library system, Carnegie libraries and schools in Santa Cruz, California.
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Santa Cruz Public Libraries' website, online catalog, Santa Cruz history, community information
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Friends of the Library HUGE Civic Booksale
Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St., SC
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Analysis of the varying accounts of the library's destruction by fire.
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The Mysterious Fate of the Great Library of Alexandria
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A much more detailed and heavily footnoted paper about the libraries of
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Facsimile of Thomas Jefferson's manuscript prescribing the arrangement of his personal library, later to form the nucleus of a Library of Congress classified according to his scheme.
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American Treasures of the Library of Congress: Memory (Thomas Jefferson to George Watterston). In Jefferson's day, most libraries were arranged alphabetically. But Jefferson preferred to arrange his by subject.
Attributed to Thomas Birch
James Madison appointed George Watterston as Librarian of Congress
in 1815--the first to hold the position full time. One of Watterston's
initial tasks was to receive the shipment of books newly purchased
from Thomas Jefferson. On April 26, 1815, Watterston wrote to
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Tells of the myth and history of the ancient Library of Alexandria, and also covers the topics of the mystery of destruction and the new library. Also quiz, personal presentation outline, and sources/links.
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Menu of Information on The Library of Alexandria
Use the menu at the left to get started browsing through the website.
Note that the picture used in the background of this page is a medieval artist's impression of Alexandria (c.1460) and is from the cover of The Library of Alexandria: Centre of
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Article from History Magazine reviewing the evolution of libraries.
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A colorful magazine describing how our ancestors lived.
We have prepared an online preview of our print based magazine
The History of the Library
Barbara Krasner-Khait checks out the story of the library.
circa 300bc, the Great Library of Alexandria was the
most famed literary repository of the ancient world.
COLLECTION OF written knowledge in some
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All aspects of librarianship in the state, including histories of public, private and academic institutions, biographies and recollections, and special exhibits.
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South Carolina Library History Project
The South Carolina Library History Project is an ongoing, collaborative effort of the School of Library and Information Science faculty, its students, and South Carolina librarians to compile and make available the history of every library in the state. The
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History of libraries in Canada and particularly Ontario with annotated photographs, texts and biographies of librarians.
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Libraries Today is devoted to the history of Canadian libraries and librarians, especially public libraries in the province of Ontario and contemporary ideas and issues relevant to Canadian library history. It also focuses on the theory, study and methodology of library history in an international context.
Midland Public Library, autumn 1978
Libraries Today is a web site for those who are interested in the
of Canadian libraries and librarians, especially in the province of Ontario.
Created Feb. 1996. Last modified January 2008
Canada's celebration of its
Dalhousie Journal of Information and
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Paper summarizing the development of bibliographic instruction in academic libraries.
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A Brief History of Library Instruction in the
(This paper originally appeared in Illinois Libraries in 2001.)
It is likely that librarians have always to a limited degree been involved
in classroom teaching. For example, it is hard to imagine that the librarians
at the Great Library of
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Official guide to the development of its role as a national library, with descriptions of its buildings, a timeline of acquisitions and a list of Librarians of Congress.
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(Photograph by Reid Baker)
Credits for the Print Version
This publication was made possible by generous support from the
a national, private-sector advisory council dedicated to
helping the Library of Congress share its unique resources with the nation
John Y. Cole, a librarian and historian,
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Mailing list associated with the Library History Group. Searchable logs and subscription information.
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lis-libhist aims to unite a diverse group of LIS professionals and others
with a common interest in library and book history.
The National Academic Mailing List Service, known as 'JISCmail', is one of a number of JANET services provided by JANET(UK) (
) and funded by the JISC (
) to benefit
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