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The Ten Key Events of the History of Libraries

  • Jan 1, 1000

    The Start of Recording everything

    The Start of Recording everything
    At 3,000 BCE clay writings were draw to tell stories and record things to help defind who owed what, who paid what, and who owned what.
  • Jan 1, 1100

    A big found of information

    A big found of information
    In Elba, Syria about 15,000 tablets were found on shelfs and this was during 2,000 BCE
  • Jan 1, 1200

    The big collection

    The big collection
    People started began cataloging and collecting books and it wasn't a very popular thing.
  • Who got the books?

    Who got the books?
    Books were known just for the wealthy because of the printing of the books was really hard to do back then and the rich people were the only ones that could afford the books.
  • The Libraries are coming back!

    The Libraries are coming back!
    In the early 1800's there were only 1200 librabries established and were able to be used by anyone at the time.
  • Freedom to all books

    Freedom to all books
    When libraries let the books be rented and also sold newspaper,magazines, and forgein language books
  • Stop!

    Stop!
    Books weren't allowed to the public until later in the 1800's
  • The First Time

    The First Time
    The First time americans had actually got the experience of having a library and how to use it and such.
  • Something new at the Library

    Something new at the Library
    Libraries had connected to the internet! They had got new technology.
  • The New!

    The New!
    The now is that librarians had come up with goals and to help individuals learn how to use the different resources that the library offers!