About 60 results for ‘Library’
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Library
A library is an organized collection of books, other printed materials, and in some cases special materials such as manuscripts, films and other sources of information. Collections can be print, audio, or visual materials, including maps, prints, documents, microform (e.g. microfilm/microfiche), CDs, cassettes, videotapes, DVDs, video games, e-books, audiobooks and many other types of electronic resources. The places where this material is stored include public libraries, subscription libraries, and private libraries; material can also be in digital form, stored on computers or accessible over the Internet. Libraries range in size from a few shelves of books in a small organization's library to collections of several million items in the larger national and academic libraries. The first libraries consisted of archives of the earliest form of writing - the clay tablets in cuneiform script discovered in Sumer, some dating back to 2600 BC. These written archives mark the end of prehistory and the start of history. The earliest discovered private archives were kept at Ugarit. There is also evidence of libraries at Nippur about 1900 BC and at Nineveh about 700 BC showing a library classification system. Private or personal libraries made up of written books (as opposed to the state or institutional records kept in archives) appeared in classical Greece in the 5th century BC. In the 6th century, at the very close of the Classical period, the great libraries of the Mediterranean world remained those of Constantinople and Alexandria. From the 15th century in central and northern Italy, libraries of humanists and their enlightened patrons provided a nucleus around which an "academy" of scholars congregated in each Italian city of consequence. Tianyi Chamber, founded in 1561 by Fan Qin during the Ming Dynasty, is the oldest existing library in China. In its heyday it boasted a collection of 70,000 volume of antique books. The first library classification system was set up during the Han Dynasty. In North America, it is believed that personal collections of books were brought over to the continent by French settlers in the 16th century. The oldest non-personal library on the North American continent was founded at The Jesuit College in Quebec City in 1635. The first textbook on library science was published 1808 by Martin Schrettinger. A library is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, a corporation, or a private individual. Public and institutional collections and services may be intended for use by people who choose not to — or cannot afford to — purchase an extensive collection themselves, who need material no individual can reasonably be expected to have, or who require professional assistance with their research. In addition to providing materials, libraries also provide the services of librarians who are experts at finding and organizing information and at interpreting information needs. Libraries often provide quiet areas for studying, and they also often offer common areas to facilitate group study and collaboration. Libraries often provide public facilities for access to their electronic resources and the Internet. Modern libraries are increasingly being redefined as places to get unrestricted access to information in many formats and from many sources. They are extending services beyond the physical walls of a building, by providing material accessible by electronic means, and by providing the assistance of librarians in navigating and analyzing very large amounts of information with a variety of digital tools.
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Portrait d'un parlementaire
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Collar (clothing)
- Library
- Magistrate
- Man
- Overcoat
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 18th century
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FONDATION DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DU ROI A PARIS.1379
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- Portrayed subject:
- Charles V of France
- Library
- Paris
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Baptiste de Champaigne
PTOLEMEE PHILADELPHE DANS SA BIBLIOTHEQUE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Library
- Ptolemy Philadelphus (son of Cleopatra)
- Pyramid
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Edouard Pingret
Le roi au collège d'Eton (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- History
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- Portrayed subject:
- Library
- Queen Victoria
- Statue
- Table (furniture)
- Writing
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Un franciscain lisant sur un lutrin, dans une bibliothèque
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Franciscan
- Lectern
- Library
- Man
- Reading (process)
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- Date:
- 18th century
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Richard Parkes Bonington
Vue de Venise avec le quai des Esclavons, le Palais des D...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Boat
- Library
- Palace
- Town square
- Venice
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre Mignard
Composition allégorique ayant trait à Louis XIV ; Portrai...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 17th century
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SALLE DE LECTURE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE SAINTE-GENEVIEVE, VUE...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Library
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Chez l'apothicaire
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dog
- Furniture
- Library
- Pharmacist
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- Date:
- 17th century
- 18th century
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Chantilly, Bibliothèque
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- Field(s):
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Book
- Chantilly, Oise
- Château
- Library
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Le savetier et le financier, VIII, 2
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- Portrayed subject:
- Desk
- Library
- Man
- Shoemaking
- Silver
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Femme assise lisant dans une bibliothèque
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Book
- Library
- Reading (process)
- Sitting
- Woman
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Paul Gavarni
Eugène Cretet
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- Portrayed subject:
- Library
- Man
- Portrait
- Table (furniture)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Bibliothèque du Vatican
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Library
- Long gallery
- Painting
- Vatican City
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Portrait de François-Louis Toutain, maître de chapelle au...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Autun
- Library
- Man
- Portrait
- Priesthood (Catholic Church)
- True parrot
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- Date:
- 18th century
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