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  2. List of libraries in the ancient world - Wikipedia

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    The library is to be open first hour until the sixth." [18] The library was ultimately consumed by the invading Germanic Heruli tribe in 267 AD. [18] The Library of Rhodes (Rhodes) (100 A.D.) The library on the island of Rhodes was a distinct component of the larger gymnasium structure. An enclosure that had been excavated revealed a section of ...

  3. List of largest libraries - Wikipedia

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    Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences Russia: Saint Petersburg: 26.5 million [29] Berlin State Library Germany: Berlin: 23.4 million [30] 1.4 million [30] Boston Public Library United States: Boston, Massachusetts at 25 locations 22.4 million [31] US$38.9 million [32] New York State Library

  4. List of librarians - Wikipedia

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    Cecil Hobbs – American scholar of Southeast Asian history, head of the Southern Asia Section of the Orientalia (now Asian) Division of the Library of Congress, a major contributor to scholarship on Asia and the development of South East Asian coverage in American library collections [2] Judith Hoffberg – art librarian

  5. Lists of libraries - Wikipedia

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    View history; General ... This is a list of lists of libraries by location and type. ... Libraries damaged during World War II; Libraries in 19th-century Boston;

  6. History of libraries - Wikipedia

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    The history of libraries began with the first efforts to organize collections of documents.Topics of interest include accessibility of the collection, acquisition of materials, arrangement and finding tools, the book trade, the influence of the physical properties of the different writing materials, language distribution, role in education, rates of literacy, budgets, staffing, libraries for ...

  7. Library history - Wikipedia

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    Library history is a subdiscipline within library science and library and information science focusing on the history of libraries and their role in societies and cultures. [1] Some see the field as a subset of information history . [ 2 ]

  8. Category:Ancient libraries - Wikipedia

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  9. Category:Library history - Wikipedia

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    History of libraries in South Africa; ... List of libraries damaged during World War II This page was last edited on 17 December 2022, at 13:46 (UTC). ...