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materials used for writing |
clay animal skin papyrus |
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Johannes Gensleish Gutenberg |
BORN IN MAINZ,GERMANY IN THE 1400s invented a printing press which transferred letters onto any material using oil based inks. |
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reason why books were expensive in the middle ages |
they were made by hand and would take up to years to complete. |
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public libraries |
established from the public fund and they offer their collections and services to all member of the community. |
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national libraries |
established by the government of a country which is served as information for that country |
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special libraries |
owned by a individual business, government agencies, religious institutions, hospital & other organizations |
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school libraries |
serve elementary, middle, junior, and high schools. |
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library |
A library is a collection of sources of information and similar resources, made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing.
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latin for book |
liber |
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central mission of a library |
collect, organize, preserve, and provide knowledge and information. |
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Melvil Dewey |
Melville Louis Kossuth (Melvil) Dewey(December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) was an American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification
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Dewey Decimal System
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Dewey Decimal System, is a proprietary library classification system first published in the United States by Melvil Dewey in 1876. It has been revised and expanded through 23 major editions, the latest issued in 2011, and has grown from a four-page pamphlet in 1876 with fewer than 1,000 classes to a four volume set.
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