The story of libraries : from the invention of writing to the computer age / Fred Lerner.

New York : Continuum, 1998.

246 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

The earliest libraries -- Libraries of classical antiquity -- Lanterns of the Dark Ages -- Libraries of the Orient -- Libraries of the Islamic world -- The high Middle Ages -- Gutenberg's legacy -- Treasuries of the book -- The repositories of knowledge -- Libraries for the people -- The rising generation -- Putting knowledge to work -- The craft of librarianship -- Libraries of the future.

Includes bibliography (p. [220]-236) and index.