📚 The Library 📚
How did libraries begin...and how have they developed since?
The history of libraries began with the first efforts to
organize collections of documents.
The first libraries consisted of archives of the earliest form of
writing—the clay tablets in cuneiform script discovered in Sumer, some
dating back to 2600 BC.
Private or personal libraries made
up of written books appeared in classical Greece in the 5th century BC.
In the 6th century, at the very close of the Classical period, the great
librart of the Mediterranean world remained those of
Constantinople and Alexandria.
Now, libraries may provide
physical or digital access to material, and may be a physical location or a virtual space, or both.
A libraries collection can include
books, periodicals, newspapers, manuscripts, films, maps, prints,
documents, microform, CDs, cassettes, videotapes, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs,
e-books, audiobooks, databases, table games, video games and other
formats.
Libraries range widely in size, up to millions of items.
Libraries often provide quiet areas for studying, and they also often
offer common areas to facilitate
group study and collaboration.
This page was built by Lucille Shankland