LEADER 02611nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910781097303321 005 20230725044831.0 010 $a0-19-161039-9 010 $a1-282-38370-1 010 $a9786612383700 010 $a0-19-157363-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000001198 035 $a(EBL)472395 035 $a(OCoLC)536246915 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000338875 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11266337 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338875 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10298054 035 $a(PQKB)10032195 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075720 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472395 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL472395 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10358558 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL238370 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7034631 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7034631 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000001198 100 $a20090813d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe idea of the library in the ancient world$b[electronic resource] /$fYun Lee Too 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (276 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-172291-X 311 $a0-19-957780-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Idea of the Library; ORIGINS: THE DIACHRONIC PERSPECTIVE; FORMS OF THE LIBRARY; MEMORIES; PHYSICALITIES; Concluding Thoughts; References; General Index; Index Locorum 330 $aIn The Idea of the Library in the Ancient World Yun Lee Too argues that the ancient library was much more than its incarnation at Alexandria, which has been the focus for students of the subject up till now. In fact, the library is a complex institution with many different forms. It can be a building with books, but it can also be individual people, or the individual books themselves. In antiquity, the library's functions are numerous: as an instrument of power, of memory,of which it has various modes; as an articulation of a political ideal, an art gallery, a place for sociality. Too indirect 606 $aLibraries$xHistory$yTo 400 606 $aLibraries$xHistory 615 0$aLibraries$xHistory 615 0$aLibraries$xHistory. 676 $a027.03 700 $aToo$b Yun Lee$0183724 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781097303321 996 $aIdea of the library in the ancient world$9245892 997 $aUNINA