Sugestões de Leitura - Biblioteconomia

Os profissionais da informação normalmente sentem necessidade de explorar/investigar certos temas relacionados com Biblioteconomia. Deste modo, muitas vezes colocam as seguintes questões: Como definir as bibliotecas do séc. XXI? Como evoluíram ao longo dos tempos? Como nasceu a biblioteca de Alexandria? Que estratégias utilizar para atrair os utilizadores ? Qual o papel do marketing nas bibliotecas? e etc...

Alguns livros podem responder às inúmeras questões que os profissionais da área se colocam. Por conseguinte, passo a citar alguns:

Título: The Memory of Mankind

Autores: Don Heinrich Tolzmann, Alfred Hessel, and Reuben Peiss

Sinopse: 'The Memory of Mankind' is an illustrated history of the unique role libraries have played in the history of civilization. From the clay tablets of Ancient Sumer to the Internet, this work provides an introductory survey of the historical development of libraries from its earliest beginnings to the modern day."

Título: The Story of Libraries

Autor: Fred Lerner

Sinopse: "This book, which includes fourteen well-chosen illustrations, describes the crucial role libraries have played throughout history: in ancient Egypt, China, the classical Western world, Islam, and medieval and Renaissance Europe."

Título: The Memory of Mankind

Autores: Don Heinrich Tolzmann, Alfred Hessel, and Reuben Peiss

Sinopse: "'The Memory of Mankind' is an illustrated history of the unique role libraries have played in the history of civilization. From the clay tablets of Ancient Sumer to the Internet, this work provides an introductory survey of the historical development of libraries from its earliest beginnings to the modern day."

Título: Library: an unique history

Autor: BATTLES, Mathew

Sinopse: This history of libraries by a rare-book librarian analyzes, among other things, famous book-burnings and book-bannings, and casts often surprising light on the mixed fates of books and their storage and preservation through the ages.

Título: History of Libraries in the Western World

Autor: HARRIS, Michael H.

Sinopse: "A substantial revision of the earlier edition, this book also incorporates recent scholarship on libraries, along with bibliographies and more".

Título: Patience & Fortitude

Autor: Nicholas A. Basbanes

Sinopse: In "Patience and Fortitude," Nicholas Basbanes takes us through his discoveries of some of the greatest libraries of the world--from Alexandria to Glastonbury--and then on to the Vatican,Wolfenbüttel, and erudite universities.