- 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
- Dewey, Melvil (1851-1931)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Librarians/Dewey__Melvil__1851_1931_
- Carnegie Libraries (5)
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Carnegie_Libraries
- Library History Buff, The
An homage to card catalog cabinets, traveling collections, and other quirks of libraries gone by.
www.libraryhistorybuff.org
- 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
- 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 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
- Libraries Today
Site for those interested in the history of Canadian public libraries and librarians.
www.uoguelph.ca/~lbruce
- Library of Congress@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Library_of_Congress/History
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