Library World Records, 3d ed.

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McFarland, Sep 12, 2017 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 396 pages

Which are the oldest public libraries in the world? In what years were the first books printed in French, Thai, Japanese, Arabic, Turkish? What are the oldest extant texts written in Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish? When was the first major computer database used in libraries? What are the titles of the largest, smallest or most expensive books ever published? Where is the world's busiest public library? Which three books were the first to contain photographs? In its updated and expanded third edition, this reference work provides hundreds of fascinating facts about libraries, books, periodicals, reference databases, specialty archives, bookstores, catalogs, technology, information science organizations and library buildings.

 

Contents

Foreword to the Third Edition by Joyce N Church
1
Introduction
3
How to Use This Book
5
World Records for National Libraries
7
World Records for Public and Subscription Libraries
21
World Records for Specialty Libraries and Archives
89
Miscellaneous World Records for Libraries
106
World Records for Books Periodicals and Bookstores
133
World Records for Library Buildings
250
World Records for Library Catalogs Databases and Technology
288
World Records for Library and Information Science Organizations
329
Saint Jerome the Librarians Patron Saint
347
The 30 Greatest Texts of All Time
348
Bibliography
349
Index
355
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About the author (2017)

Former librarian and information consultant Godfrey Oswald is also the creator of “The Info Connect LIS Directory,” the largest available alphabetical directory on the Internet for librarians. He lives in London, England.

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