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100
2000 BC Library of Elba
15,000 tablets found aranged in jars or on wooden shelfs. -
100
3000 BCE
FIrst Libraries and Archives are started.
The ruins of libraries were found in temples. -
Jan 1, 1200
monestary organization
Librarians used lists to keep track of books and scriptures and help with monestary exchange. -
Jan 1, 1212
Monestaries show leniancy
books used to have curses if not returned on time. Some curses having included people being held a terrible death church authorites stepped in and required more leniancy -
Jan 1, 1300
University libraries start
as early as the 1300's libraries had grown outside of monestaries and were being used in universities such as oxford. -
thirty years war
During uprisings against religious ruling many libaries were burned in defiance. -
Personal libraries
Before public libraries some individuals would create quite sizeable personal libraries such that of Benjeman Franklin -
Public libraries spread
Thanks to donations most noteably by andrew carnagie many public and social libraries began popping up. -
Church calls for organization
in 814 the church sent a directive stating the human memory can not remember all the books thus a librarian should make a booklet to keep track of them. -
First Libraries In need of catalog
around 800 Libraries had become large enough they were in need of a cataloging system.
