communications industry structure, including mass media, advertising, and telephone companies
Electronic resources in fiscal year 2011 accounted for 74% of the American University Library’s collections expenditure. … Read the post American University Library moving quickly to electronic resources
Muslim scholars preserved an account of an ancient Greek library, probably at Ephesus, reportedly containing an estimated 1.7 million books. … Read the post a huge ancient Greek library?
Vigorous book production and circulation occurred in the ancient Islamic world without a legal regime of copyright. … Read the post copyright absent in vibrant ancient Islamic book economy
Physicians in the Islamic world about a millennium ago had practical problems that remain relevant today. … Read the post practical problems in medical practice
In Ibn Abi Usaibia’s account, Hippocrates both transformed medicine into a non-hereditary profession and sought to make medical knowledge widely available. … Read the post transforming medicine into a non-hereditary profession