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History
of Libraries in the Western World
LIS 61095 (Kent State University)
Summer 2008 |
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Session 1 Ancient World to 400 CE -
Introduction to the
History of Libraries
The library and its
place within society and history
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Session 2 Medieval Libraries (Guest Speaker on
Chained Libraries)
Readings
- Harris, Michael
H. History of Libraries in the Western World. 4th
edition Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1995 Chapters 1-5
- Blackburn, Robert
H. “The Ancient Alexandrian Library: Part of It May Survive!” Library
History 19 No. 1 (March 2003): 23-34.
- Hunt, R.W. “The
Library of the Abbey of St. Albans.” In Medieval Scribes, Manuscripts
& Libraries; Essays Presented to N.R. Ker. Edited by MB. Parkes and
Andrew G. Watson. London: Scholar Press, 1978, 251-277.
- Casson,
Lionel. Libraries in the Ancient World. New Haven: Yale
University Press, 2001 (read and report on assigned chapter)
Optional Reading:
- Gamble, Harry Y.
“Early Christian Libraries.” Ch. 4 in Books and Readers in the
Early Church: A History of Early Christian Texts. (New Haven: Yale
University Press, 1995 p 144-202.
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Session 3 Late Middle Ages to Renaissance
Paper Topic descriptions due
Readings
- Harris, Michael
H. History of Libraries in the Western World. 4th
edition Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1995 Chapter 6-8
- Rukanci, Fatih
and Hakan Anameric. “Libraries as Scientific, Educational and Cultural
Institutions in the Ottoman Empire (XIVth –XVIIth Centuries) Libri
56 No. 4 (Dec 2006): 252-263.
- Clark, J.W.
Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods. Rede Lecture June
13, 1894 (Chicago: Argonaut Inc. Publishers, 1968).
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Session 4 Europe 17th & 18th
Centuries
Readings
- Harris, Michael
H. History of Libraries in the Western World. 4th
edition Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1995 Chapter 9
- Manley, K.A.
“Scottish Circulating and Subscription Libraries as Community
Libraries.” Library History 19 No. 3 (Nov 2003): 185-194.
- Kaltwasser, Franz
Georg. “The Common Roots of Library and Museum in the Sixteenth Century:
The Example of Munich.” Library History 20 No. 3 (Nov 2004):
163-181.
- Roberts, Daphne
and Bob Duckett. “The Bradford Library and Literary Society, 1774-1980.”
Library History 22 No. 3 (Nov 2006): 213-226.
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Session 5 Modern Libraries in Europe 1800-2000
Readings
- Harris, Michael
H. History of Libraries in the Western World. 4th
edition Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1995 Chapter 11
- A.S. Popowich,
“Carlyle, Panizzi, and the Public Library Ideal,” Library Student
Journal (Feb 2007)
http://informatics.buffalo.edu/org/lsj/articles/popowich_2007_2_carlyle.php
- Koch, Theodore W.
“The Bibiotheque Nationale: Organization and History.” Library
Journal 39 (May 1914): 339-350.
- Sturges, Paul.
“Great City Libraries of Britain: Their History from a European
Perspective.” Library History 19 No. 2 (July 2003): 93-111
Optional Readings:
- Oliver, Bette Wyn.
“The Bibliotheque Nationale from 1792-1794: Becoming a National
Institution during the French Revolution.” Libraries & the Cultural
Record 42 No. 1 (April 2007) 48-56 [available through Kentlink]
- Reid, Peter H.
“The Decline and Fall of the British Country House Library.”
Libraries & Culture 36 No. 2 (Spring 2001): 345-366.[available
through Kentlink]
- Buckridge,
Patrick. “Generations of Books: A Tasmanian Family Library, 1816-1994”
Library Quarterly 76 No. 4 (Oct 2006): 388-402.
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Session 6 New World – American & Canadian
Libraries 1600-1800
Readings
- Harris, Michael
H. History of Libraries in the Western World. 4th
edition Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1995 Chapter 10
- Shera, Jesse H.
“The Beginnings of the Public Library,” Chapter 6 in Foundations of
the Public Library: The Origins of the Public Library Movement in New
England 1629-1855, (Shoestring Press, 1965): 156-199.
- Glynn, Tom. “The
New York Society Library: Books, Authority, and Publics in Colonial and
Early Republican New York.” Libraries & Culture 40 No. 4. (Fall
2005): 493-529. [available through Kentlink]
- Battles, Matthew.
Library: An Unquiet History. NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 2003.
(read and report on assigned chapter)
Optional Readings:
- William J. Van
Beynum, “The Book-Company of Durham,” Library History Seminar
No. 3 Proceedings, 1968, (Tallahassee, FL: School of Library Science
Florida State University, 1968): 73-97.
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Session 7 North American National Libraries and
Specialized Libraries
Readings
- Harris, Michael
H. History of Libraries in the Western World. 4th
edition Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1995 Chapter 12
- Cole, John Y.
“Jefferson’s Legacy: A Brief History of the Library of Congress”
http://www.loc.gov/loc/legacy/
- Lawrence W.
Towner, “The Newberry Library: A Research Opportunity in Library
History,” Library History Seminar No. 3 Proceedings, 1968,
(Tallahassee, FL: School of Library Science Florida State University,
1968): 1-16.
- Bird, Jr.,
William L. “A Suggestion Concerning James Smithson’s Concept of
‘Increase and Diffusion’,” Technology and Culture 24 No. 4 (April
1983): 246-255.
Optional Reading:
- Glasgow, Eric.
“The Huntington Library.” Library History 20 No. 1 (March 2004):
69-74.
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Session 8 Modern Libraries in America
Public Libraries,
Subscription Libraries, University Libraries
Readings
- Liebaers, Herman.
“The Impact of American and European Librarianship Upon Each Other.”
Libraries and the Life of the Mind in America. Chicago: American
Library Association, 1997, 67-83.
- Shera, Jesse H.
“The Circulating Library,” Chapter 5 in , Foundations of the Public
Library: The Origins of the Public Library Movement in New England
1629-1855, (Shoestring Press, 1965): 127-155.
- Hamlin, Arthur T.
The University Library in the United States: Its Origin and
Development. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981:
3-59. (read and report on assigned chapter)
- Augenbraum,
Harold. “New York’s Oldest Public Libraries.” RBM 1 No. 2 (Fall
2000): 145-159
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/rbm/backissuesvol1no/backissuesvol.cfm
Optional Reading:
- Arenson, Adam.
“Libraries in Public Before the Ages of Public Libraries; Interpreting
the Furnishings and Design of Athenaeums and Other ‘Social Libraries,’
1800-1860.” In The Library as Place: History, Community, and Culture
Edited by John E. Buschman and Cloria J. Leckie. (Westport, CT:
Libraries Unlimited, 2007): 41-60.
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Session 9 Non-Western World Libraries (Guest
Speaker on African Libraries)
Readings
- Kim, Chin. “A New
National Library: The National Diet Library of Japan.” The Journal of
Library History IV No. 3 (July 1969): 225-238.
- Fabian, Johannes.
“Curios and Curiosity: Notes on Reading Torday and Frobenius.” In The
Scramble for art in Central Africa. Edited by Enid Schildkrout and
Curtis A. Keim. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998): 79-108.
- Coleman Jr.,
Sterling Joseph. “The British Council and UNESCO in Ethiopia: The
Comparison of Linear and Cyclical Patterns of Librarianship
Development.” Library History 21 No 2 (July 2005): 121-130.
Optional Reading:
- Liao, Jing. “The
Genesis of the Modern Academic Library in China: Western Influences and
the Chinese Response.” Libraries & Culture 30 No. 2 (Spring
2004): 161-174. [available through KentLink]
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Session 10 Libraries in the 21st
century and beyond Final
Paper Due
Historical Case Studies Due
Readings
- Jacob, Christian.
“Gathering Memory: Thoughts on the History of Libraries,” Diogenes
49 No. 4 (April 2002): 41-57.
- If: book: The
really modern library (October 2007)
http://www.futureofthebook.org/blog/
- Pennavaria,
Katherine. “Representations of Books and Libraries in Depictions of the
Future.” Libraries & Culture 37 No. 2 (Summer 2002): 229-248.
[available through KentLink]
- Barker, Nicolas
“Libraries and the Mind of Man.” In A Potencie of Life: Books in
Society. (New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2001): 179-194.
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