Library World Records 3d ed.

<p> Which are the oldest public libraries in the world? In what years were the first books printed in French Thai Japanese Arabic Turkish? What are the oldest extant texts written in Chinese English Russian Spanish? When was the first major computer database used in libraries? What are the titles of the largest smallest or most expensive books ever published? Where is the world's busiest public library? Which three books were the first to contain photographs? In its updated and expanded third edition this reference work provides hundreds of fascinating facts about libraries books periodicals reference databases specialty archives bookstores catalogs technology information science organizations and library buildings.</p>