Libraries & Learning Resources
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Architectural Press
Published: December 12, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780750646055
Subjects: Libraries & information centres; Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc; Design & Drafting; Library & Information Science; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Architecture / Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Architecture
First sentence: The emergence of the library, as distinct from the museum or picture gallery, did not occur directly as a result of the invention of the printing press but as a consequence of the growth in rational thought.