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libary Dalton McElyea
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1st library
Private or personal libraries made up of written books (as opposed to the state or institutional records kept in archives) appeared in classical Greece in the 5th century BC. Libraries were not available to people. -
Jan 2, 1440
Printing press
The invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg around 1440 marks the entry of the book into the industrial age. Because people were just hand-writing book and the Printing press made it easier to make a book. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson, a polymath and book collector devised a classification system which grouped books more or less by subject rather than alphabetically or by size or date of acquisition. His collection became the nucleus of the Library of Congress when he sold 6700 books to Congress after the British burned the Congressional Library during the War of 1812. He helps start the library for Congress. -
Boston libraries combine
In 1839, Alexandre Vattemare, a Frenchman, suggested that all of Boston's libraries combine themselves into one institution for the benefit of the public. Most people that want to go to a Boston library there was only 1. -
Boston 1st Library
To house the collection, a former schoolhouse located on Mason Street was selected as the library's first home. On March 20, 1854.They didn’t have a place to put there books. -
Library Moves
The opening day collection of 16,000 volumes fit in the Mason Street building, but it quickly became obvious that its quarters were inadequate. So in December 1854, the library's commissioners authorized the library to move to a new building on Boylston Street. There need more space for the book. -
Library move again
By 1880, the Massachusetts legislature authorized construction of an even grander library building. It moves again because it got bigger. -
Start building
In 1888, Charles Follen McKim proposed a design based on Renaissance style which met approval from the trustees of the library, and construction commenced. They start building the Library which is still used today. -
Dewey Decimal System
Melvil Dewey instituted a traveling library system for upstate of New York in 1892. The idea spread rapidly in the North. By 1898 there were over a hundred traveling libraries in Wisconsin alone, 534 in New York. People could find what they were looking for. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie had the biggest influence in financing libraries in the United States of America, from the east to west coast. From just 1900 to 1917, almost 1,700 libraries were constructed by Carnegie's foundation, So people could go to more libraries. -
5 Years
I think in 5 year that The Boston Library they would start have DVD and CD. -
10 Years
In 10 years The Boston Library will have to move again. -
50 Years
What will happen to The Boston Library in 50 years will still be standing and will run better then ever. -
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