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In 350 ad Rome had enumerated 29 libraries in its city.
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In France, the national library in Paris known as Bibliotheque Nationale de France began in 1367 as the Royal Library of Charles V.
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the Vatican Library is opened.
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Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, donated his large collection to Oxford University in the early 1400s
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Gutenberg's movable type innovation in the 1400s revolutionized bookmaking. Printed books replaced handwritten manuscripts and were placed on open shelves.
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Beginning with John Harvard's 1638 donation of 260 volumes, the Harvard Library has grown to become the largest university library in the US, with more than 10,000,000 volumes.
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Another significant library, famous for its influence on library management, is the Mazarine Library, also in Paris. Cardinal Jules Mazarin, chief minister of France during Louis XIV's minority, founded it in 1643.
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Britains largest library, the British Library, founded in 1759 as part of the British Museum.
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It wasn't until waves of immigration and the philosophy of free public education for children that public libraries spread in the US. The first public library in the country opened in Peterborough, New Hampshire, in 1833.
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Benedict establishes a monastery where all monks are reqired to read.
