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Gabriel Naudé published one of the earliest textbooks in history on collection development. He urged that books be available to the public. He made a check-out system for books.
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Benjamin Franklin and his associates started this library company which was housed in the independence hall.
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The library company of Philadelphia hired the first librarian in the country named Timothee. Benjamin printed the first catalog for the collection and today it's still a joint stock company and you can buy shares.
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Redwood library was built in 1750.The Redwood library's located in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1767 was one of the earliest endowed libraries. This library's in use today! It's retained 90% of their original book collection.
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During early 1800's the US had a major boom in the economy because of the Industrial Revolution. Lower class people weren't included in higher-class organizations like library companies. Then middle-class groups made their own libraries.
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The city of Boston opened the first modern public library in 1854.
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By 1875, over 180 public libraries were made! In the mid 1920's about 6,000 libraies were established. The public library was now an essential for Americans.
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Melvil Dewey introduced the Dewey Decimal Classification sytem to libraries. It's a system of classification of books of ten classes. It has been revised many times and the latest edition was in 2011.
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The circulation library let people rent books to read. It included popular readings such as romances, sentimental novels, and adeventurous books. They sold newspapers, magazines, and language books.
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The world wide web was introduced and schools and libraries connected to the internet.
