Libraries
Stacy Keister
What is it?
Ancient Libraries
- record room (archive) and libraries ... existed as long as records
- 1st 1/2 of 3rd millennium BC: clay tablets in Babylon
- 2nd millennium BC: Assyrian clay tablets in Egypt
- records were destroyed in war or during changes in gov't (ie China)
Modern Libraries
July 1, 1730
Benjamin Franklin
Junto (Philosophical association)
- wanted solve problems but have books to learn from
- books = expensive and rare
- everyone would pitch in money
The Change in the world
- literacy
- better education
- economic growth (small businesses)
- libraries for subjects (ie computer
Annotated Bibliography
http://www.buzzfeed.com/harpercollins/16-libraries-you-have-to-see-before-you-die-9npd
a website of beautiful libraries around the world
I’m doing a project on libraries and i needed photos
all of the pictures i have
http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/philadelphia/library.htm
a website on the first libraries, its members, and the first books
gave background on who made the first actual library in the US
everything in the “Who and When” section
http://www.librariesareessential.com/why-are-libraries-essential/
a website on how libraries benefit society
it shows how libraries have affected the world
information in the section “Librarians”
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/339421/library/62006/The-history-of-libraries
a website page on ancient libraries from all over the world
It shows how long libraries have been around and how long they have lasted
all the info from the “Ancient Libraries” section is from this website