The most famous library of ancient times was the Alexandrian Library in Alexandira, Egypt. It housed more than 4000,000 scrolls of papyrus.
The earliest Roman libraries were personal collections and the possession of a personal library became a status symbol in Rome.
The philosopher Aristotle founded the most famous library of ancient Greece at his school at the Lylceum. It served the same purpose as a university library today.
The first children's department in a library is said to be that of the Minneapolis Public Library, opened in the fall of 1893.
The first library building used exclusively as a library was a frame house erected by James Logan in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1725.
The Gutenberg Bible was the first Bible printed from movable type.
The term book comes from the early English word "boc" which means tablet or written sheets.
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