Princesses Ismah and Saljuqi, highly privileged women in the medieval Islamic world, produced a college and library to further men’s education. … Read the post privileged women promoted men’s education in medieval Islamic world
Early computerized library book circulation systems in the 1970s used punched cards to register circulation records. That’s yesterday in book history. … Read the post punched cards for library book circulation
Lack of fungible resources among potential readers and status guarding among book owners constrained book circulation in the ancient world. … Read the post book circulation amid world of social distinctions
Books in second century Rome existed in codex form, were collected in numerous personal libraries and large public libraries, and were highly valued. … Read the post Galen on books, reading, and writing in second-century Rome
Status-seeking among the elite in the many cities of ancient Greece could have driven the Library of Alexandria’s collection to over 100,000 rolls. … Read the post the ancient Library of Alexandria's tribute to knowledge