TY - BOOK AU - Murray,Stuart A P TI - Library : an illustrated history SN - 9780838909911 U1 - 027.009 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Chicago PB - ALA Editions KW - Libraries KW - History KW - Pictorial works N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-307) and index; The ancient libraries -- European libraries of the Middle Ages -- Asia and Islam -- Europe's High Middle Ages -- Renaissance to Reformation -- People of the book -- War and a golden age -- The library in colonial North America -- The library in the young United States -- Libraries across America -- Organizing knowledge -- Libraries, librarians, and media centers -- Libraries of the world N2 - The history of libraries from ancient to modern times is presented through a review of the types of documents stored, the structures themselves, the way they have been managed, and the important part they have played in every culture around the world ER -