Article from History Magazine reviewing the evolution of libraries.
Database of United States libraries in existence before 1876, searchable by location and type.
Annual statistics on size, staffing and expenditure with detailed notes on the methodology of compilation.
Accounts of public libraries in several small towns.
Sources recommended by a professor whose research specialty is the history of U.S. public libraries.
Historical impressions from an amateur perspective and descriptions of librariana with a special focus on postal artefacts.
Analysis of the varying accounts of the library's destruction by fire.
Facsimile of Thomas Jefferson's manuscript prescribing the arrangement of his personal library, later to form the nucleus of a Library of Congress classified according to his scheme.
Full-text essays on monastic libraries and theological librarianship, principally in the Christian tradition.
Tells of the myth and history of the ancient Library of Alexandria, and also covers the topics of the mystery of destruction and the new library. Also quiz, personal presentation outline, and sources/links.