EBOOK Idea of the Library in the Ancient World

In The Idea of the Library in the Ancient World Yun Lee Too argues that the        ancient library was much more than its incarnation at Alexandria, which has been the        focus for students of the subject up till now. In fact, the library is a complex        institution with many different forms. It can be a building with books, but it can        also be individual people, or the individual books themselves. In antiquity, the        library's functions are numerous: as an instrument of power, of memory,of which it        has various modes; as an articulation of a political ideal, an art gallery, a place        for sociality. Too indirectly raises important conceptual questions about the        contemporary library, bringing to these the insights that a study of antiquity can        offer.