Library history

Library history is a subdiscipline within library science and library and information science focusing on the history of libraries and their role in societies and cultures.^[1] Some see the field as a subset of information history.^[2] Library history is an academic discipline and should not be confused with its object of study (history of libraries): the discipline is much younger than the libraries it studies. Library history begins in ancient societies through contemporary issues facing libraries today.^[3] Topics include recording mediums, cataloguing systems, scholars, scribes, library supporters and librarians.^[4]

^ Buchanan, Anne L. & Herubel, Jean-Pierre V. M. (2011). Subject and histography Characteristics of Library History: Disciplinary considerations and scholarship. Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 42(4), 503-522
^ Black, A. (2006). Information history. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 40 , 441-473.
^ Murray, Stuart (2009). The Library an illustrated history. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60239-706-4.
^ Hildenbrand, Suzanne, red. (1996). Reclaiming the American library past: Writing the women in Norwood, N.J.: Ablex.

[1] Buchanan, Anne L. & Herubel, Jean-Pierre V. M. (2011). Subject and histography Characteristics of Library History: Disciplinary considerations and scholarship. Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 42(4), 503-522

[2] Black, A. (2006). Information history. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 40 , 441-473.

[:0-3] Murray, Stuart (2009). The Library an illustrated history. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60239-706-4.

[4] Hildenbrand, Suzanne, red. (1996). Reclaiming the American library past: Writing the women in Norwood, N.J.: Ablex.

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