The Story of Libraries: From the Invention of Writing to the Computer Age (repost)
The Story of Libraries: From the Invention of Writing to the Computer Age By Fred Lerner
Publisher: Con.,.tinuu..m 1999 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0826411142 | PDF | 27 MB
Publisher: Con.,.tinuu..m 1999 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0826411142 | PDF | 27 MB
Libraries are significant on many levels. Their existence shows the depth and history of a people, culture, and nation, while their inclusiveness highlights the level of democracy that exists there. Fred Lerner's overview of the history of libraries sheds light on an invaluable part of human life often taken for granted:
Though writing may have been invented to record land ownership and keep track of debts, it was not long before poets, priests, and prophets found other uses for it. My aim … is to trace the evolution of libraries and to explore the role they played in society, from the invention of writing to our own day and beyond.