Library History - Links to sources for library history and the history of book, publishing and reading. Library History Database - Browsable collection of information on over 27,000 British libraries to 1850. The Library Association's Library History Group is unique in the United Kingdom for its exclusive devotion to the history of libraries and librarianship. Includes information about subscribing to the group's listserv. The Library History Round Table of the American Library Association - Dedicated to supporting library history research and to facilitating communication among scholars and students of library history.
Site contains guidelines for writing local library history.
The Mysterious Fate of the Great Library of Alexandria - An analysis of fact and fiction regarding the fate of the Library. The Order of Books - Facsimile of Thomas Jefferson's manuscript describing his subject cataloging scheme, which formed the basis of the Library of Congress's cataloging scheme in the Nineteenth Century. Part of the Memory collection of the American Treasures of the Library of Congress. History of Libraries and Schools - Links to articles including some with illustrations on the history of Santa Cruz, California area public libraries and schools. Trinidad, Colorado's Carnegie Library - Most of the library's original features are intact and in use, including bookshelves which date back to 1905.