Library world records
By: Godfrey Oswald.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.; McFarland & Company; McFarland
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780786438525
Subjects: Libraries -- Miscellanea; Books -- Miscellanea; Information resources -- Miscellanea; Information services -- Miscellanea
Genres: Miscellanea.
Description: "This book not only provides information about and comparisons of libraries; it is also a story of libraries and books from the earliest times to the present. The hundreds of facts about libraries, periodicals, books and reference databases around the world illustrate their evolution from crude and simple to sophisticated, complex and efficient"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.