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LIS 114 History of Libraries I

ND1 levelComputing & ICT10 topics

LIS 114 covers 10 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Origins of libraries in ancient Egypt
  2. Role of libraries in ancient Egypt
  3. Libraries in Mesopotamia
  4. Monastic libraries in medieval times
  5. Role of medieval monastic libraries
  6. Medieval versus ancient libraries
  7. Libraries in Europe and America
  8. Development of libraries in Africa
  9. Modern versus ancient libraries
  10. Modern versus medieval libraries

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Origins of libraries in ancient Egypt

The origins of libraries in ancient Egypt lay in the establishment of royal and temple collections of papyrus scrolls, which served as the first organised repositories of knowledge. Mastering these early libraries is essential because they illustrate how the Egyptians institutionalised learning, preserved administrative records, and set precedents for later library systems examined in the syllabus.

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