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A Social History of Books and Libraries from Cuneiform to Bytes
While the importance of writing has often been recognized, the role of books and especially that of libraries has just as often been slighted. Knowledge, once generated, has to be communicated, preserved, and accessible. Books in their varying formats—from clay tablets to scrolls and manuscripts to pixels—have been instrumental in spreading knowledge, although relatively little attention has been given to the story of books themselves. A Social History of Books and Libraries from Cuneiform to Bytes traces the roles of books and libraries throughout recorded history and explores their social and cultural importance within differing societies and changing times. It presents the history of ...
Books Libraries and Culture
It is a book on books and their traditional abode like libraries, both of which contribute to develop the culture of a nation. To have a wider perspective of the main focal theme and to establish co-relationship between the books, libraries and culture, an overview of culture with its various manifestations, along with the story of evolution of books and libraries are presented to the readers. As public library movement is a continuously developing process, the author has tried to visualize Library Vision 2020 in India. To appreciate the multi-faceted characteristics of modern public library concept, various aspects of the subject are elaborated in different articles. Particular emphasis is ...
Books and Libraries
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Thornton and Tully's Scientific Books, Libraries and Collectors
In the 25 years since the last edition of Thornton and Tully’s Scientific Books, Libraries and Collectors was published, scientific publishing has mushroomed, developed new forms, and the academic discipline and popular appreciation of the history of science have grown apace. This fourth edition discusses these changes and ponders the implications of developments in publishing at the end of the twentieth century, while concentrating its gaze upon the dissemination of scientific ideas and knowledge from Antiquity to the industrial age. In this shift of focus it departs from previous editions, and for the first time a chapter on Islamic science is included. Recurrent themes in several of the ten essays in the present volume are the definition of ’science’ itself, and its transmutation by publishing media and the social context. Two essays on the collecting of scientific books provide a counterpoint, and the book is grounded on a rigorous chapter on bibliographies. The timely publication of Scientific Books, Libraries and Collectors comes at the coincidence of the advent of electronic publishing and the millennium, a dramatic moment at which to take stock.
How to Use a Library
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A Library Primer
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