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A history of Ottoman libraries / İsmail E. Erünsal.

By: Erünsal, İsmail E [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Ottoman and Turkish studiesPublisher: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2022Description: xvi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781644698624Subject(s): Libraries -- Turkey -- History | Library science -- Turkey -- HistoryAdditional physical formats: Online version:: History of Ottoman librariesDDC classification: 027.0561 LOC classification: Z845.T9 | E775 2022
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.
Summary: "A History of Ottoman Libraries tells the story of the development and the organization of Ottoman libraries from the fourteenth through the twentieth century. In the first part, the book surveys the phases through which the Ottoman libraries evolved from a few shelves of books to sizable, endowed collections housed in free-standing library buildings. Ottoman libraries were mainly established as charitable foundations, that is by endowing the books and steady income for the maintenance of the collection and the library building. The second part of the book focuses on the organization, the personnel, and the day-to-day functioning of Ottoman libraries. This first complete history of Ottoman libraries was written based on hitherto untapped archival sources"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"A History of Ottoman Libraries tells the story of the development and the organization of Ottoman libraries from the fourteenth through the twentieth century. In the first part, the book surveys the phases through which the Ottoman libraries evolved from a few shelves of books to sizable, endowed collections housed in free-standing library buildings. Ottoman libraries were mainly established as charitable foundations, that is by endowing the books and steady income for the maintenance of the collection and the library building. The second part of the book focuses on the organization, the personnel, and the day-to-day functioning of Ottoman libraries. This first complete history of Ottoman libraries was written based on hitherto untapped archival sources"-- Provided by publisher.