A history of Ottoman libraries / İsmail E. Erünsal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erünsal, İsmail E., author.

Series:

Ottoman and Turkish studies.

Ottoman and Turkish studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Turkey--History.

Libraries.

Library science--Turkey--History.

Library science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, [2022]

Summary:

This volume tells the story of the development and the organization of Ottoman libraries from the fourteenth through the twentieth century. The book surveys the phases through which the history of Ottoman libraries evolved and lays out the organization, the personnel, and day-to-day functioning of these institutions.

Contents:

Early Ottoman Libraries (1299-1453)

From College and Mosque Libraries to the Independent Library (1453-1650s)

Independent and Large College Libraries (1650s-1730)

The Expansion and Reorganization of the Ottoman Library System (1730-1839)

Foundation Libraries in the Age of Reforms (1839-1922)

Personnel

The Establishment and Maintenance of Collections

Catalogues and Cataloguing

Services Offered

Budgets and Audits

Library Buildings and Furnishing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: E. Erünsal, İsmail A History of Ottoman Libraries

ISBN:

9781644698648

9781644698631

OCLC:

1336404318