The meaning of the library  a cultural history  [electronic resouerce] 
edited by Alice Crawford. 
 - one online resource(xxix, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)  illustrations (some color)  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction  The Library through Time.  Adventures in ancient Greek and Roman libraries  The image of the medieval library  The Renaissance library and the challenge of print  From printing shop to bookshelves : how books began the journey to Enlightenment libraries  "The advantages of literature" : the subscription library in Georgian Britain  Literature and the library in the nineteenth century  The Library in Imagination.  The library in fiction  The library in poetry  The library in film : order and mystery  The Library Now and in the Future.  "Casting and gathering" : libraries, archives, and the modern writer  Meanings of the library today  The modern library and global democracy  Alice Crawford --  Edith Hall  Richard Gameson  Andrew Pettegree  Robert Darnton  David Allan  John Sutherland --  Marina Warner  Robert Crawford  Laura Marcus --  Stephen Enniss  John P. Wilkin  James H. Billington.  Part 1.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  Part 2.  7.  8.  9.  Part 3.  10.  11.  12. 
<br/><br/> "Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, examining how its significance has shifted, and pondering its importance in the twenty-first century, significant contributors--including the librarian of the Congress and the former executive director of the HathiTrust--present a cultural history of the library"--Dust jacket flap. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400865741 (electronic resource) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014951291 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Libraries--History.<br/>Libraries and society<br/>Libraries<br/>Libraries and society<br/>Libraries
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books<br/>History
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Z721  / .M43 2015eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>027/.009