A modern-style library in Chambéry

In the traditional sense of the word, a library is a collection of books and periodicals. It can refer to an individual's private collection, but more often it is a large collection that is funded and maintained by a city or institution. This collection is often used by people who choose not to — or cannot afford to — purchase an extensive collection themselves. Info: Interior of the médiathèque Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Chambéry Credit: Photographed by Alain caraco - 04/02/2004 Source: fr:Image:Chambery interieur mediatheque 600px. ... Info: Interior of the médiathèque Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Chambéry Credit: Photographed by Alain caraco - 04/02/2004 Source: fr:Image:Chambery interieur mediatheque 600px. ... The city and arrondissement of Chambéry in Savoie, France, has been the historical capital of Savoy since the 13th century, when Amadeus V of Savoy made it his seat. ... Look up book in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Night view of Taipei City. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Social organisation. ...

However, with the collection or invention of media other than books for storing information, many libraries are now also repositories and access points for maps, prints or other artwork, microfilm, microfiche, audio tapes, CDs, LPs, video tapes and DVDs, and provide public facilities to access CD-ROM and subscription databases and the Internet. Thus, modern libraries are increasingly being redefined as places to get unrestricted access to information in many formats and from many sources. Physical map of the Earth. ... The Mona Lisa Although today the word art usually refers to the visual arts, the concept of what art is has continuously changed over centuries. ... Microfilm machines may be available at libraries or record archives. ... Microfiche is one of the most compact analog storage media in common use. ... Audio storage refers to techniques and formats used to store audio with the goal to reproduce the audio later using audio signal processing to something that resembles the original. ... The Compact Disc logo was inspired by that of the previous Compact Cassette. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... The video cassette recorder (or VCR, less popularly video tape recorder) is a type of video tape recorder that uses removable cassettes containing magnetic tape to record audio and video from a television broadcast so it can be played back later. ... All DVDs - replicated (factory pressed), recorded (burned), video, audio, data, or otherwise — are DVD-ROM discs, though many refer to a DVD-ROM as a pressed data disk only. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... Information as a concept bears a diversity of meanings, from everyday usage to technical settings. ...

The term 'library' has itself acquired a secondary meaning: "a collection of useful material for common use", and in this sense is used in fields such as computer science, mathematics and statistics, electronics and biology. Computer science, or computing science, is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems. ... Euclid, a famous Greek mathematician known as the father of geometry, is shown here in detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ... A graph of a bell curve in a normal distribution showing statistics used in educational assessment, comparing various grading methods. ... In electronic design, library often refers to a collection of cells, macros or functional units that perform common operations and are used to build more complex logic blocks. ... In molecular biology, a library is a collection of molecules in a stable form that represents some aspect of an organism. ...

More recently, libraries are understood as extending beyond the physical walls of a building, providing assistance in navigating and analyzing tremendous amounts of knowledge with a variety of digital tools.

History

The first libraries were only partly libraries, being composed for the most part of the unpublished records that make up archives. Archaeological findings from the diggings of the ancient city-states of Sumer have revealed temple rooms full of clay tablets in cuneiform script. These archives were made up nearly completely of the records of commercial transactions or inventories, with only a few documents touching theological matters or legends. Things were much the same in the government records on papyrus of Ancient Egypt. For alternate uses see: Archive (disambiguation). ... A city-state is a region controlled exclusively by a city. ... Sumer (or Shumer, Egyptian Sangar, Bib. ... Small tablets made out of clay were used from late 4th millennium BC onwards as a writing medium in Sumerian, Mesopotamian, Hittite, and Minoan/Mycenaean civilizations. ... The cuneiform script is one of the earliest known forms of written expression. ... Ţ For other uses, see Papyrus (disambiguation). ... Khafres Pyramid (4th dynasty) and Great Sphinx of Giza (c. ...

The earliest rediscovered private archives were kept at Ugarit; besides correspondence and inventories, texts of myths may have been standardized practice-texts for teaching new scribes. Private or personal libraries made up of non-fiction and fiction books, (as opposed to the state or institutional records kept in archives) first appeared in classical Greece. The first ones appeared some time near the 5th century BC. The celebrated book collectors of Hellenistic Antiquity are short-listed in the late second century in Deipnosophistae:^[1] Entrance to the Palace of Ugarit Ugarit (modern site Ras Shamra رأس شمرة; in Arabic) 35°35´ N; 35°45´E) was an ancient cosmopolitan port city, sited on the Mediterranean coast of northern Syria a few kilometers north of the modern city of Latakia. ... Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact. ... The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... This article describes the ancient classical period: for the classical period in music (second half of the 18th century): see Classical music era. ... (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 5th century BC started on January 1, 500 BC and ended on December 31, 401 BC. // Overview The Parthenon of Athens seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west. ... The Deipnosophistes (deipnon “dinner” and sophistae, “the wise ones”) is variously translated as The Banquet of the Learned or Philosophers at Dinner or The Gastronomers is work of some 15 books (some complete and some surviving in summaries only) by the ancient Greek author Athenaeus of Naucratis in Egypt, written...

"Polycrates of Samos and Pisistratus who was tyrant of Athens, and Euclides who was himself also an Athenian^[2] and Nicorrates of Samos and even the kings of Pergamos, and Euripides the poet and Aristotle the philosopher, and Nelius his librarian; from whom they say our countryman^[3] Ptolemæus, surnamed Philadelphus, bought them all, and transported them, with all those which he had collected at Athens and at Rhodes to his own beautiful Alexandria." ^[4] Polycrates, son of Aeaces, was the tyrant of Samos from 535 BC to 515 BC. He took power during a festival of Hera with his brothers Pantagnotus and Syloson, but soon had Pantagnotus killed and exiled Syloson to take full control for himself. ... Pisistratus Peisistratos is the name of a major Athenian ruler, as well as a minor character in the Odyssey. ... Pergamon or Pergamum (modern day Bergama in Turkey) was a Greek city, in northwestern Anatolia, 16 miles from the Aegean Sea, located on a promontory on the north side of the river Caicus (modern day Bakir), that became an important kingdom during the Hellenistic period, under the Attalid dynasty, 282... A statue of Euripides Euripides (Greek: Ευριπίδης) (c. ... Aristotle (Ancient Greek: , AristotélÄ“s) (384 BC – March 7, 322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. ... Ptolemy Philadelphus (36 - 12 BC) was the youngest child of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. ...

All these libraries were Greek; the cultivated Hellenized diners in Deipnosophistae pass over the libraries of Rome in silence. At the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, apparently the villa of Caesar's father-in-law, the Greek library has been partly preserved in volcanic ash; archaeologists speculate that a Latin library, kept separate from the Greek one, may await discovery at the site. The Villa of the Papyri is an enormous private house of ancient Herculaneum owned by Julius Caesars father-in-law, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, and first excavated in 1765 by Karl Weber. ...

Libraries were filled with parchment scrolls as at Pergamum and on papyrus scrolls as at Alexandria: export of prepared writing materials was a staple of commerce. There were a few institutional or royal libraries like the Library of Alexandria which were open to an educated public, but on the whole collections were private. In those rare cases where it was possible for a scholar to consult library books there seems to have been no direct access to the stacks. In all recorded cases the books were kept in a relatively small room where the staff went to get them for the readers, who had to consult them in an adjoining hall or covered walkway. German parchmenter, 1568 Parchment is a material for the pages of a book or codex, made from fine calf skin, sheep skin or goat skin. ... A scroll is a roll of parchment, papyrus, or paper which has been written upon. ... Ţ For other uses, see Papyrus (disambiguation). ... The Royal Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt was once the largest library in the world. ...

Little is known about early Chinese libraries, save what is written about the imperial library which began with the Qin Dynasty. One of the curators of the imperial library in the Han Dynasty is believed to have been the first to establish a library classification system and the first book notation system. At this time the library catalog was written on scrolls of fine silk and stored in silk bags. The Qin Dynasty (Chinese: 秦朝; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chin Chao) (221 BC - 206 BC) was preceded by the Zhou Dynasty and followed by the Han Dynasty in China. ... The Han Dynasty (Traditional Chinese: 漢朝; Simplified Chinese: 汉朝; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Han Chau; 206 BC–AD 220) followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. ... Silk weaver Silk is a natural protein fiber that can be woven into textiles. ...

The Geisel Library at UCSD, with its unique architecture, is a San Diego landmark.

In Persia many libraries were established by the Zoroastrian elite and the Persian Kings. Among the first ones was a royal library in Isfahan. One of the most important public libraries established around 666 AD in south-western Iran was the Library of Gundishapur. It was a part of a bigger scientific complex located at the Academy of Gundishapur. UCSDs Geisel Library File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... UCSDs Geisel Library File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... UCSDs distinctive Geisel Library, named for Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) and featured in UCSDs logo. ... The University of California, San Diego (popularly known as UCSD) is a public, coeducational university located in La Jolla, California. ... The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates: Government County San Diego Mayor City Attorney         City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Jerry Sanders Michael Aguirre          Scott Peters Kevin Faulconer... Originally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Zoroastrianism was adapted from an earlier, polytheistic faith by Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) in Persia very roughly around 1000 BC (although, in the absence of written records, some scholars estimates are as late as 600 BC). ... Elamite Empire, 2700BC-660BC The Elamites were an Iranian people located in Susa, in what is now Khuzestan province. ... Part of Shah Abbas large urban project in his new capital, the Chahār Bāgh Four Gardens, is a four-kilometer avenue in the city of Isfahan. ... The Academy of Gundishapur (also Jondishapoor, Jondishapur, and Jondishapour) founded in 271 AD by the Sassanid dynasty, is the oldest known teaching hospital. ... The Academy of Gundishapur (also Jondishapoor, Jondishapur, and Jondishapour, Gondeshapur, GONDÊ SHÂPÛR, etc. ...

In the West, the first public libraries were established under the Roman Empire as each succeeding emperor strove to open one or many which outshone that of his predecessor. Unlike the Greek libraries readers had direct access to the scrolls, which were kept on shelves built into the walls of a large room. Reading or copying was normally done in the room itself. The records give only a few instances of lending features. As a rule Roman public libraries were bilingual: they had a Latin room and a Greek room. Most of the large Roman baths were also cultural centers, built from the start with a library, with the usual two room arrangement for Greek and Latin texts. The Roman Empire was a phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by an autocratic form of government. ... The term thermae was the word the Ancient Romans used for the buildings housing their public baths. ...

In the sixth century, at the very close of the Classical period, the great libraries of the Mediterranean world remained those of Constantinople and Alexandria. Cassiodorus, minister to Theodoric, established a monastery in the heel of Italy with a library where he attempted to bring Greek learning to Latin readers and preserve texts both sacred and secular for future generations. As its unofficial librarian, Cassiodorus not only collected as many manuscripts as he could, he also wrote treatises aimed at instructing his monks in the proper uses of reading and methods for copying texts accurately. In the end, however, the library at Vivarium was dispersed and lost within a century. Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator (ca 484/490 - ca585), commonly known as Cassiodorus, was a Roman statesman and great writer, serving in the administration of Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths. ...

Elsewhere in the Early Middle Ages, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire and before the rise of the large Christian monastery libraries beginning at Montecassino, Islamic libraries knew a period of great expansion in the Middle East, North Africa, Sicily and Spain. Like the Christian libraries, they mostly contained books which were made of paper, and took a codex or modern form instead of scrolls; they could be found in mosques, private homes, universities. Some mosques sponsored public libraries. Ibn al-Nadim's bibliography Fihrist demonstrates the devotion of medieval Muslim scholars to books and reliable sources; it contains a description of thousands of books circulating in the Islamic world circa 1000, including an entire section for books about the doctrines of other religions. Unfortunately, modern Islamic libraries for the most part do not hold these antique books; many were lost, destroyed by Mongols or Spanish Inquistors, or removed to European libraries and museums during the colonial period.^[5] This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The Roman Empire is not the Holy Roman Empire (843-1806). ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on Jesus of Nazareth, and on his life and teachings as presented in the New Testament. ... Monastery of St. ... The restored Abbey Monte Cassino is a rocky hill about eighty miles (130 km) south of Rome, Italy, a mile to the west of the town of Cassino (the Roman Cassinum having been on the hill) and about 1700 ft (520 m) altitude. ... For other uses, including people named Islam, see Islam (disambiguation). ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...  Northern Africa (UN subregion)  geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent. ... Sicilian redirects here. ... Piece of paper Paper is a thin, flat material produced by the compression of fibers. ... first page of the Codex Argenteus A codex (Latin for block of wood, book; plural codices) is a handwritten book, in general one produced from Late Antiquity through the Middle Ages. ... Librarians and patrons in a typical larger urban public library A public library is a library which is accessible by the public and is often operated by civil servants and funded from public sources. ... Ibn al-Nadim (Abu al-Faraj Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq), (died September 17, 995 or 998) was an muslim scholar (of either Arab or Persian origin) and bibliographer and the author of the Kitab al-Fihrist. ... // Events World Population 300 million. ... // Pedro Berruguete. ...

By the 8th century first Iranians and then Arabs had imported the craft of paper making from China, with a mill already at work in Baghdad in 794. By the 9th century completely public libraries started to appear in many Islamic cities. They were called "halls of Science" or dar al-'ilm. They were each endowed by Islamic sects with the purpose of representing their tenets as well as promoting the dissemination of secular knowledge. The libraries often employed translators and copyists in large numbers, in order to render into Arabic the bulk of the available Persian, Greek and Roman non-fiction and the classics of literature. After but a few centuries many of these libraries were destroyed by Mongolian invasion. Others were victim of wars and religious strife in the Islamic world. However, a few examples of these medieval libraries, such as the libraries of Chinguetti in West Africa, remain intact and relatively unchanged even today. Another ancient library from this period which is still operational and expanding is the Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi in the Iranian city of Mashhad, which has been operating for more than six centuries. (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... Location of Baghdad within Iraq Baghdad (Arabic: ‎ translit: , Kurdish: Bexda, from Persian Baagh-daad or Bag-Da-Du meaning “Garden of God” [1]) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ... Events Kyoto becomes the Japanese capital. ... As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was that century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... Chinguetti (Arabic: شنقيط) is a ksour or ancient trading centre in northern Mauritania, lying on the Adrar Plateau east of Atar. ...  Western Africa (UN subregion)  Maghreb West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. ... The Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi is a large library in Mashad, Iran. ... Mashhad from space, January 2003 Goharshad mosque, built in 1418. ...

The contents of these Islamic libraries were copied by Christian monks in Muslim/Christian border areas, particularly Spain and Sicily.From there they eventually made their way into other parts of Christian Europe. These copies joined works that had been preserved directly by Christian monks from Greek and Roman originals, as well as copies Western Christian monks made of Byzantine works. The resulting conglomerate libraries are the basis of every modern library today. World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of Earth; the term continent here referring to a cultural and political distinction, rather than a physiographic one, thus leading to various perspectives about Europes precise borders. ... Byzantine Empire (native Greek name: - Basileia tōn Romaiōn) is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire of the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ...

Medieval library design reflected the fact that these manuscripts--created via the labor-intensive process of hand copying--were valuable possessions. Library architecture developed in response to the need for security. Librarians often chained books to lecterns, armaria, or shelves, in well-lit rooms. Despite this protectiveness, many libraries were willing to lend their books if provided with security deposits (usually money or a book of equal value). Monastic libraries lent and borrowed books from each other frequently and lending policy was often theologically grounded. For example, the Franciscan monasteries loaned books to each other without a security deposit since according to their vow of poverty only the entire order could own property. In 1212 the council of Paris condemned those monasteries that still forbad loaning books, reminding them that lending is "one of the chief works of mercy." ^[6] A late 18th century pulpit in a small Roman Catholic church in Spielfeld, Styria, Austria A pulpit (from Latin pulpitum scaffold, platform, stage) is a small elevated platform where a member of the clergy stands in order to read the Gospel lesson and deliver a sermon. ... A bookcase is an article of furniture, forming a shelved receptacle, usually perpendicular or horizontal, for the storage of books. ...

The early libraries located in monastic cloisters and associated with scriptoria were collections of lecterns with books chained to them. Shelves built above and between back-to-back lecterns were the beginning of bookpresses. The chain was attached at the fore-edge of a book rather than to its spine. Book presses came to be arranged in carrels (perpendicular to the walls and therefore to the windows) in order to maximize lighting, with low bookcases in front of the windows. This stall system (fixed bookcases perpendicular to exterior walls pierced by closely spaced windows) was characteristic of English institutional libraries. In Continental libraries, bookcases were arranged parallel to and against the walls. This wall system was first introduced on a large scale in Spain's El Escorial. Cloister of Saint Trophimus, in Arles, France A cloister (from latin claustrum) is part of cathedrals and abbeys architecture. ... A Scriptorium was a room or building, usually within a Christian monastery where, during medieval times, manuscripts were written. ... A carrel desk is a very small desk with high sides meant to visually isolate its user from any surrounding, in a partial or total manner. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European islands and peninsulae. ... The huge monastery in distant view San Lorenzo de El Escorial redirects here. ...

As books became cheaper, the need for chaining them lessened. But as the number of books in libraries increased, so did the need for compact storage and access with adequate lighting, giving birth to the stack system, which involved keeping a library's collection of books in a space separate from the reading room, an arrangement which arose in the 19th century. Book stacks quickly evolved into a fairly standard form in which the cast iron and steel frameworks supporting the bookshelves also supported the floors, which often were built of translucent blocks to permit the passage of light (but were not transparent, for reasons of modesty). With the introduction of electrical lighting, the use of glass floors was largely discontinued, though floors were still often composed of metal grating to allow air to circulate in multi-story stacks. Modern-style library In its traditional sense, a library is a collection of books and periodicals. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cast iron usually refers to grey cast iron, but can mean any of a group of iron-based alloys containing more than 2% carbon (alloys with less carbon are carbon steel by definition). ... The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... Most of the industrialized world is lit by electric lights, which are used both at night and to provide additional light during the daytime. ...

Ultimately, even more space was needed, and a method of moving shelves on tracks ("compact shelving") was introduced to cut down on otherwise wasted aisle space.

The British Museum Reading Room, London. This building used to be the main reading room of the British Library; now it is itself a museum exhibit.

Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (4968x1572, 3083 KB) Summary The British Museum Reading Room. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (4968x1572, 3083 KB) Summary The British Museum Reading Room. ... Ceiling of the Reading Room The British Museum Reading Room, situated in the centre of the Great Court of the British Museum, used to be the main reading room of the British Library. ... British Library Ossulston St entrance, with distinctive red logo. ...

Types of libraries

Libraries can be divided into categories by several methods:

• by the entity (institution, municipality, or corporate body) that supports or perpetuates it
  • school libraries
  • private libraries
  • corporate libraries
  • government libraries
  • academic libraries
  • historical society libraries
• by the type of documents or materials it holds
  • digital libraries
  • picture (photograph) libraries
  • slide libraries
  • tool libraries
• by the subject matter of documents it holds
  • architecture libraries
  • fine arts libraries
  • law libraries
  • medical libraries
  • military libraries
  • theological libraries
• by the users it serves
  • military communities
• by traditional professional divisions:
  • Academic libraries — These libraries are located on the campuses of colleges and universities and serve primarily the students and faculty of that and other academic institutions.
  • School libraries — Most public and private primary and secondary schools have libraries designed to support the curriculum.
  • Public libraries or public lending libraries — These libraries provide service to the general public and make at least some of their books available for borrowing, so that readers may use them at home over a period of days or weeks. Many public libraries also serve as community organizations that provide free services and events to the public, particularly children.
  • Special libraries — All other libraries fall into this category. Many private businesses and public organizations, including hospitals, museums, research laboratories, law firms, and many government departments and agencies, maintain their own libraries for the use of their employees in doing specialized research related to their work. Special libraries may or may not be accessible to some identified part of the general public.

Also, the governments of most major countries support national libraries. Three noteworthy examples are the U.S. Library of Congress Canada Library and Archives Canada and the British Library. The following tool-lending libraries lend hardware to local residents, free of charge. ... A law library is a library designed to assist law students, attorneys, judges, and their law clerks in finding the legal resources necessary to correctly determine the state of the law. ... A health or medical library is a library designed to assist health care professionals and students, health care consumers, and biomedical researchers to find health and science information that will increase, improve or evaluate health care. ... A School library is a library that exclusively serves the students and staff of a public or private school. ... Librarians and patrons in a typical larger urban public library A public library is a library which is accessible by the public and is often operated by civil servants and funded from public sources. ... United States Library of Congress, Jefferson building A national library is a library specifically established by the government of a nation to serve as the preeminent repository of information for that country. ... The Great Hall interior. ... Library and Archives Canada (French: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is a new cultural institution created by the Parliament of Canada in 2004 (S.C. 2004, c. ... British Library Ossulston St entrance, with distinctive red logo. ...

Description

Libraries almost invariably contain long aisles with rows and rows of books.

Libraries have materials arranged in a specified order according to a library classification system, so that items may be located quickly and collections may be browsed efficiently. Some libraries have additional galleries beyond the public ones, where reference materials are stored. These reference stacks may be open to selected members of the public. Others require patrons to submit a "stack request," which is a request for an assistant to retrieve the material from the closed stacks. Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 404 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 404 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A library classification is a system of coding and organizing library materials (books, serials, audiovisual materials, computer files, maps, manuscripts, realia) according to their subject. ...

Larger libraries are often broken down into departments staffed by both paraprofessionals and professional librarians. The Librarian, a 1556 painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo A librarian is a person who develops procedures for organizing information and provides services which assist and instruct people in the most efficient and effective ways to identify, locate, access, and use information and resources (articles, books, magazines, etc. ...

• Circulation handles user accounts and the loaning/returning and shelving of materials.
• Technical Services works behind the scenes cataloging and processing new materials and deaccessioning weeded materials.
• Reference staffs a reference desk answering user questions (using structured reference interviews), instructing users, and developing library programming. Reference may be further broken down by user groups or materials such as Youth, Teen, Genealogy or Special Collections.
• Collection Development orders materials and maintains materials budgets.

For the article about the public service found in many libraries, see library reference desk. ... A reference interview is a structured conversation between a librarian and a library user, usually at a reference desk, in which the librarian responds to the users initial explanation of his or her information need by first attempting to clarify that need and then by directing the user to...

Library use

A chained book in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University; few ancient manuscripts remain chained today.

Many potential library patrons nevertheless do not know how to use a library effectively. This can be due to lack of early exposure, shyness, or anxiety and fear of displaying ignorance. These problems drove the emergence of the library instruction movement, which advocates library user education. Library instruction has been practiced in the U.S. since the 19th century. One of the early leaders was John Cotton Dana. Library instruction is closely related to the study of information literacy. Image File history File links No copyright stated or found. ... Image File history File links No copyright stated or found. ... Entrance to the Library, with the coats-of-arms of several Oxford colleges The Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in England is second in size only to the British Library. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... John Cotton Dana (1856-1929) was a highly influential American librarian and museum director who did much of his work in Newark, New Jersey. ... Several conceptions and definitions of information literacy have become prevalent. ...

Libraries inform the public of what materials are available in their collections and how to access that information. Before the computer age, this was accomplished by the card catalog — a cabinet containing many drawers filled with index cards that identified books and other materials. In a large library, the card catalog often filled a large room. The emergence of the Internet, however, has led to the adoption of electronic catalog databases (often referred to as "webcats" or as OPACs, for "online public access catalog"), which allow users to search the library's holdings from any location with Internet access. This style of catalog maintenance is compatible with new types of libraries, such as digital libraries and distributed libraries, as well as older libraries that have been retrofitted. Electronic catalog databases are disfavored by some who believe that the old card catalog system was both easier to navigate and allowed retention of information, by writing directly on the cards, that is lost in the electronic systems. This argument is analogous to the debate over paper books and ebooks. While they have been accused of precipitously throwing out valuable information in card catalogs, most modern libraries have nonetheless made the movement to electronic catalog databases. The card catalog at Yale Universitys Sterling Memorial Library goes almost completely unused, but adds to the austere atmosphere. ... An index card is a piece of heavy paper stock, cut to a standard size and often used for recording individual items of information that can then be easily rearranged and filed. ... The OPAC System used at the Vyners School LRC An Online Public Access Catalog or OPAC is a computerized online catalog of the materials held in a library. ... A digital library is a library in which a significant proportion of the resources are available in machine-readable format (as opposed to print or microform), accessible by means of computers. ... A distributed library is a collection of materials available for borrowing by members of a group, yet not maintained or owned by a single entity. ... An eBook (also: e-book, ebook) is an electronic (or digital) version of a book. ...

Finland has the highest number of registered book borrowers per capita in the world. Over half of Finland´s population are registered borrowers.^{[citation needed]}

Library management

Basic tasks in library management include the planning of acquisitions (which materials the library should acquire, by purchase or otherwise), library classification of acquired materials, preservation of materials (especially rare and fragile archival materials such as manuscripts), the deaccessioning of materials, patron borrowing of materials, and developing and administering library computer systems. More long-term issues include the planning of the construction of new libraries or extensions to existing ones, and the development and implementation of outreach services and reading-enhancement services (such as adult literacy and children's programming). Basic tasks in library management include: planning the acquisition of materials classification of materials preservation of materials (especially rare and fragile materials such as manuscripts) borrowing materials developing and administering library computer systems More long-term issues include the planning of the construction of new libraries or extensions to existing... A library classification is a system of coding and organizing library materials (books, serials, audiovisual materials, computer files, maps, manuscripts, realia) according to their subject. ...

Funding problems

In the United States, among other countries, libraries in financially-strapped communities are in the precarious position of having to compete with other public institutions such as police, firefighters, schools, and health care. It has been suggested that Firefighter Assist and Search Team be merged into this article or section. ... Students in Rome, Italy. ... Health care or healthcare is the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions [1]. The organised provision of such services may constitute a healthcare system. ...

Many communities are closing down or reducing the capability of their library systems, at the same time balancing their budgets. In December 2004, Salinas, California almost became the first city in the United States to completely close down its entire library system. A tax increase passed by the voters in November 2005 allowed the libraries to open, but hours remain limited.^[7]The American Library Association says media reports it has compiled in 2004 showed some $162 million in funding cuts to libraries nationwide.^[8]. ← - 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in December • 30 Artie Shaw • 29 Julius Axelrod • 28 Jacques Dupuis • 28 Jerry Orbach • 28 Susan Sontag • 26 Reggie White • 26 Sir Angus Ogilvy • 23 P. V. Narasimha Rao • 23 Doug Ault • 19 Renata Tebaldi • 16... Nickname: Americas Salad Bowl Location Location of Salinas, California Government Country   State     County United States   California     Monterey Mayor Anna Caballero Geographical characteristics Area     City 49. ... The American Library Association (ALA) promotes libraries and library education in the United States and internationally. ...

Survey data suggests the public values free public libraries. A Public Agenda survey in 2006 reported 84 percent of the public said maintaining free library services should be a top priority for their local library. But the survey also found the public was mostly unaware of financial difficulties facing their libraries.^[9]

In various cost-benefit studies libraries continue to provide an exceptional return on the dollar. ^[10]

Library of Alençon (built c.1800)

Info: Library of Alençon Credit: Library of Alencon, 2004 Source: fr:Image:Bibliotheque alencon 250px. ... Info: Library of Alençon Credit: Library of Alencon, 2004 Source: fr:Image:Bibliotheque alencon 250px. ...

Some famous libraries

Some of the greatest libraries in the world are research libraries. The most famous ones include The Humanities and Social Sciences Library of the New York Public Library in New York City, the British Library in London, Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.. New York Public Library, central block, built 1897–1911, Carrère and Hastings, architects (June 2003) The New York Public Library (NYPL), one of three public library systems serving New York City, is one of the leading libraries in the United States. ... Education in New York City is provided by a vast number of public and private institutions. ... British Library Ossulston St entrance, with distinctive red logo. ... London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom, and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... The new buildings of the library. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur Tossed by the waves, she does not founder Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Département Paris (75) Région ÃŽle-de-France Mayor Bertrand Delanoë (PS) City (commune) Characteristics Land Area 86. ... The Great Hall interior. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., with regard to the surrounding states of Maryland and Virginia. ...

• Egypt's ancient Library of Alexandria and modern Bibliotheca Alexandrina
• Ambrosian Library in Milan
• Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh
• Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) in Paris
• Bodleian Library at University of Oxford
• British Library in London
• British Library of Political and Economic Science in London
• Cambridge University Library at University of Cambridge
• Carolina Rediviva at Uppsala University
• Dutch Royal Library in The Hague
• Fisher Library at the University of Sydney (largest in the Southern Hemisphere)
• Free Library of Philadelphia in Philadelphia
• Garrison Library in Gibraltar
• Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University, one of the largest single-building university libraries in the world
• House of Commons Library, Westminster, London.
• Widener Library at Harvard University in the city of Cambridge (the largest academic library in the world)
• Jenkins Law Library in Philadelphia
• John Rylands Library in Manchester
• Leiden University Library at Leiden University in Leiden
• Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
• Library of Sir Thomas Browne
• Mitchell Library in Glasgow (Europe's largest public reference library)
• National Library of Australia in Canberra, Australia
• New York Public Library in New York
• Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
• Persia's ancient Library of Gondishapur
• Russian National Library in St Petersburg
• Russian State Library in Moscow
• Royal Library in Copenhagen
• Seattle Central Library
• Staatsbibliothek in Berlin
• State Library of Victoria in Melbourne
• Vatican Library in Vatican City

Library of Congress

Other libraries: The Royal Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt was once the largest library in the world. ... An interior view. ... The Biblioteca Ambrosiana (Ambrosian Library) in Milan is one of the great repositories of European culture. ... Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese: Milán) is the main city of northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed region in Italy, being often mistaken with the capital of the country. ... Assurbanipal in a relief from the north palace at Nineveh There were several Assyrian kings named Assur-bani-pal, also spelled Asurbanipal, Assurbanipal (most commonly), Ashurbanipal and Ashshurbanipal, but the best known was Assurbanipal IV.  Ashurbanipal, or Assurbanipal, (reigned 668 - 627 BCE), the son of Esarhaddon and Naqia-Zakutu... , For other uses, see Nineveh (disambiguation). ... The new buildings of the library. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur Tossed by the waves, she does not founder Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Département Paris (75) Région ÃŽle-de-France Mayor Bertrand Delanoë (PS) City (commune) Characteristics Land Area 86. ... Entrance to the Library, with the coats-of-arms of several Oxford colleges The Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in England is second in size only to the British Library. ... The University of Oxford (often called Oxford University), located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... British Library Ossulston St entrance, with distinctive red logo. ... London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom, and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... LSE Library The Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science (also known as the British Library of Political and Economic Science) responds to around 5000 visits from students and staff each day. ... London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom, and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... Cambridge University Library The 12-storey tower is used as storage and has no reader access Cambridge University Library is the centrally-administered library of the University of Cambridge in England. ... The University of Cambridge (often called Cambridge University, or just Cambridge), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Carolina Rediviva is the library of Uppsala University in Sweden. ... Uppsala University (Swedish Uppsala universitet) is a public university in Uppsala, Sweden. ... The Dutch Royal Library (in Dutch: Koninklijke Bibliotheek or KB) is the national library of The Netherlands in The Hague. ... Arms of The Hague Flag of The city of The Hague. ... Fisher Library, University of Sydney. ... The University of Sydney, established in Sydney in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia. ... The Free Library of Philadelphia is the public library system serving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates , Government Country  State   County United States  Pennsylvania   Philadelphia Founded Incorporated October 27, 1682 October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 369. ... Founded in 1793 by Colonel John Drinkwater and officially opened in 1804 by the Duke of Kent, the Garrison Library is a prime illustration of how libraries provide a neutral and unpretentious retreat for anyone with a hunger for knowledge and a respect for information. ... Brigham Young University, often referred to as BYU or, incorrectly, as BYU-Provo, is the flagship university of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). ... The House of Commons Library is the library and information resource of the lower house of the British Parliament. ... Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. ... London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom, and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... Old picture of the Widener Library. ... Harvard University campus (old map) Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is an accredited private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... The Law Library Company of the City of Philadelphia was founded in 1802 by 71 attorneys, among whom were the most prominent lawyers of the time. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates , Government Country  State   County United States  Pennsylvania   Philadelphia Founded Incorporated October 27, 1682 October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 369. ... The John Rylands Library (inaugurated October 1899) is a collection of historic books and manuscripts in Manchester, England. ... Manchester is a city in England, considered by many to be the countrys second city [1][2]. It is a centre of the arts, the media, higher education and big business. ... University Library Leiden in 1610 from Woudanus in Stedeboeck der Nederlanden, Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu, 1649. ... Leiden University, located in the city of Leiden, is the oldest university in the Netherlands. ... Leyden redirects here. ... The Great Hall interior. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., with regard to the surrounding states of Maryland and Virginia. ... No single document gives better evidence of the erudition of Sir Thomas Browne, physician, philosopher and encyclopedist than the 1711 Sales Auction Catalogue of the Library of Sir Thomas Browne. ... : See State Library of New South Wales for its Mitchell Library section of Australiana. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... National Library of Australia as viewed from Lake Burley Griffin The National Library of Australia is located in Canberra, Australia. ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ... New York Public Library, central block, built 1897–1911, Carrère and Hastings, architects (June 2003) The New York Public Library (NYPL), one of three public library systems serving New York City, is one of the leading libraries in the United States. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ... McGill University is a publicly funded, research-intensive, non-denominational, co-educational university located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 366. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Academy of Gundishapur (also Jondishapoor, Jondishapur, and Jondishapour) founded in 271 AD by the Sassanid dynasty, is the oldest known teaching hospital. ... Visit of Alexander I to the library in 1812. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... The Russian State Library is the national library of Russia, located in Moscow. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... The Royal Library in Copenhagen (Danish: Det Kongelige Bibliotek) is the national library of Denmark and the largest and most important library of Scandinavia. ... Copenhagen (IPA: , rhyming with pagan (the way the Danes themselves pronounce the capitals name when saying it in English), or , with a as in spa; Danish IPA: ) is the capital of Denmark and the countrys largest city (metropolitan population 1,115,035 (2006)), at present made up of... Seattle Central Library Exterior The Seattle Central Library is an 11-story glass and steel building in downtown Seattle, Washington. ... // Staatsbibliothek The Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Berlin State Library – Prussian Cultural Heritage) Short history: Founded in 1661 During the World War II the entire holdings (at the time some three million books and other materials)were hidden to safety in 30 monasteries, castles and disused mines. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... The State Library of Victoria is the central library of the state of Victoria, Australia, located in the city of Melbourne. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 3. ... The Vatican Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana) is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City. ... Main Reading Room, Jefferson Building, The Library of Congress, August 12, 2002 Released under the GFDL File links The following pages link to this file: Library Library of Congress Library of Congress Classification User:Raul654/favpics/2002 DC trip Categories: GFDL images ... Main Reading Room, Jefferson Building, The Library of Congress, August 12, 2002 Released under the GFDL File links The following pages link to this file: Library Library of Congress Library of Congress Classification User:Raul654/favpics/2002 DC trip Categories: GFDL images ...

• The St. Phillips Church Parsonage Provincial Library, established in 1698 in Charleston, South Carolina, was the first public lending library in the American Colonies. See also Benjamin Franklin's free public library in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Boston Public Library, an early public lending library in America, was established in 1848.
• Haskell Free Library and Opera House, "The only library in America with no books".
• St. Marys Church, Reigate, Surrey houses the first public lending library in England. Opened 14 March 1701.

Some libraries devoted to a single subject: Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ... Benjamin Franklin by Jean-Baptiste Greuze 1777 Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the most prominent Founding Fathers of the United States. ... Librarians and patrons in a typical larger urban public library A public library is a library which is accessible by the public and is often operated by civil servants and funded from public sources. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates , Government Country  State   County United States  Pennsylvania   Philadelphia Founded Incorporated October 27, 1682 October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 369. ... The Boston Public Librarys McKim building The Boston Public Library was established in 1848. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is a neoclassical building located in Rock Island (now part of Stanstead), Québec and Derby Line, Vermont. ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ...

• Chess libraries
• Esperanto libraries
• Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, the world's largest genealogy library.

For more extensive lists, see Due to mergers and acqusitions in recent years there are only two chess libraries of major signicance and only a few other specialist collections. ... The following Esperanto libraries and collections of works in the Esperanto language are worthy of note: The Montagu Butler Library of Esperanto materials, maintained by the British Esperanto Association, whose collection of 30,000 items is often quoted. ... LDS Genealogy Library in Salt Lake City The Family History Library (FHL) is a genealogical research facility provided and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormon Church). ... Flag Seal Nickname: Crossroads of the West Location Location of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah Coordinates , Government County Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson Geographical characteristics Area     City 285. ...

• List of libraries that are the subject of a Wikipedia article
• List of libraries
• List of national libraries
• List of university libraries

This is a list of notable libraries. ... United States Library of Congress, Jefferson building This is a list of national libraries of the world. ... This is a list of libraries at universities. ...

See also

• Bookend
• Bookcase
• Paper
• Printmaking
• Digital library
• Carnegie library
• Chinese Library Classification (CLC)
• Controlled vocabulary
• Dewey Decimal Classification
• Digital reference services
• Interlibrary loan
• Librarian
• Library and information science
• Library of Congress Classification
• Library of Congress Subject Headings
• Library 2.0
• Literature
• open access
• Public Library of Science
• Research library
• Slide library
• Tool-lending Libraries

Categories: Stub ... A bookcase filled with books A bookcase is an article of furniture, forming a shelved receptacle, usually perpendicular or horizontal, for the storage of books. ... Piece of paper Paper is a thin, flat material produced by the compression of fibers. ... Printmaking is a process for producing editions (mutliple copies) of artwork; painting, on the other hand, is a process for producing a single original piece of artwork. ... A digital library is a library in which a significant proportion of the resources are available in machine-readable format (as opposed to print or microform), accessible by means of computers. ... A Carnegie library, opened in 1913 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, designed in Spanish Colonial style Carnegie libraries for both public use and academic institutions were built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman Andrew Carnegie, earning him the nickname, the Patron Saint of Libraries. ... The Chinese Library Classification (CLC) system is currently widely used in almost all of the libraries of primary and secondary schools, academic institutions, colleges, universities as well as public libraries throughout Mainland China in the Peoples Republic of China. ... A controlled vocabulary is a carefully selected list of words and phrases, which are used to tag units of information so that they may be more easily retrieved by a search. ... The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC, also called the Dewey Decimal System) is a system of library classification developed by Melvil Dewey in 1876, and since greatly modified and expanded in the course of the twenty-two major revisions, the most recent in 2004. ... Definition Unlike traditional reference (see library reference desk), digital reference services allow patrons to submit questions and receive answers via the Internet and other electronic means. ... Interlibrary loan (abbreviated ILL and in some countries called interloan, document delivery, or document supply etc) is a service whereby a user of one library can borrow books, videos, DVDs, sound recordings, microfilms, or receive photocopies of articles in magazines that are owned by another library. ... The Librarian, a 1556 painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo A librarian is a person who develops procedures for organizing information and provides services which assist and instruct people in the most efficient and effective ways to identify, locate, access, and use information and resources (articles, books, magazines, etc. ... Library and information science (LIS) is the study of issues related to libraries and the information fields. ... The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) is a system of library classification developed by the Library of Congress. ... The Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) comprise a thesaurus (in the information technology sense) of subject headings, maintained by the Library of Congress, for use in bibliographic records. ... Library 2. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ... Open access (OA) is the free online availability of digital content. ... The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a nonprofit open access scientific publishing project aimed at creating a library of scientific journals and other scientific literature under an open content license. ... A research library is a library which contains an in-depth collection of material on one or several subjects. ... Lantern slides, 35mm slides, a paper-based visual catalog, and a magnifying lupe. ... The following tool-lending libraries lend hardware to local residents, free of charge. ...

References

1. ^ Epitome of Book I
2. ^ Not the familiar Euclid.
3. ^ The writer was Alexandrian; the sophisticates in Deipnosophistae were at a banquet in Rome.
4. ^ See Library of Alexandria.
5. ^ John L. Esposito (ed.) (1995). The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-506613-8.
6. ^ Geo. Haven Putnam (1962). Books and Their Makers in the Middle Ages. Hillary.
7. ^ "Referenda Roundup, 2005" American Library Association, 2005. (Accessed 10 July, 2006).
8. ^ "Library Funding" American Library Association, 2004. (Accessed 10 July, 2006)
9. ^ "Long Overdue: A Fresh Look at Public Attitudes About Libraries in the 21st Century" Public Agenda, 2006. (Accessed 10 July, 2006).
10. ^ Holt, Glen. Measuring Outcomes:Applying Cost-Benefit Analysis to Middle-Sized and Smaller Public Libraries. Library Trends; Winter2003, Vol. 51 Issue 3, p424, 17p

Euclid Euclid of Alexandria (Greek: ) (ca. ... The Royal Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt was once the largest library in the world. ...

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UK library charities

• The LIBRI Forum : The Libri Trust
• The UK Library Campaign

UK library support campaigns

• The Libraries for Life for Londoners campaign
• The Love Libraries
• The Good Library Guide
• The Friends of Little Chalfont Library
• David Lammy’s Speech to Parliament in the Adjournment Debate on Libraries

USA library support campaigns

• The Campaign to Save America's Libraries
• Rally Salinas!
• California Library Association
• The "Yes" for Libraries Campaign