Library History in the Yahoo! Directory

Library Cats Map
Clickable map of the world detailing all libraries with current or former cats in residence.
www.ironfrog.com/catsmap.html
Library History Database
Information on libraries in the British Isles up to 1850.
www.r-alston.co.uk/contents.htm
Library of Alexandria@
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Library_of_Alexandria
Survivor: The History of the Library
Article tracing the history of libraries through the ages, from ancient Egypt to today. Learn how early books were made and stored, or about great libraries like the Library of Alexandria or Oxford's Bodlean.
www.history-magazine.com/libraries.html
Private Libraries in Ancient Rome
Academic essays about personal libraries in Rome between 100 B.C. and 500 C.E. Discusses who owned private libraries, how they influenced Roman thought, and how they were built and arranged.
www.jerryfielden.com/essays/privatelibs.htm
Carnegie Libraries (5)
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Carnegie_Libraries
Library Primer, A
Online text of a 1903 manual, outlining the basics of creating and operating a library. Written by John Cotton Dana. In both HTML and plain text format from Project Gutenberg.
www.gutenberg.org/etext/15327
Dewey, Melvil (1851-1931)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Librarians/Dewey__Melvil__1851_1931_
Library History Buff, The
An homage to card catalog cabinets, traveling collections, and other quirks of libraries gone by.
www.libraryhistorybuff.org
Louisville Western Branch Library
First full service library in the U.S. for African Americans. Contains historical information with Real Audio files.
www.lfpl.org/western/htms/welcome.htm
Library of Congress@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Library_of_Congress/History
Libraries Today
Site for those interested in the history of Canadian public libraries and librarians.
www.uoguelph.ca/~lbruce