TY - BOOK AU - Lerner,Frederick Andrew TI - The story of libraries: from the invention of writing to the computer age SN - 9780826429902 (pbk.) AV - Z721 .L565 2009 U1 - 027/.009 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Continuum KW - Libraries KW - History N1 - Previous ed.: 1998; Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-233) and index; The earliest libraries -- Libraries of Classical -- Lanterns of the Dark Ages -- Libraries of the Orient -- Libraries of the Islamic world -- The High Middle Ages -- Gutenberg's legacy -- Treasuries of the book -- The repositories of knowledge -- Libraries of the people -- The rising generation -- Putting knowledge to work -- The craft of librarianship -- The science of information ER -