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Libraries as Scientific, Educational and Cultural Institutions in the Ottoman Empire (XIVth– XVIIth Centuries)

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Published/Copyright: January 31, 2008
Libri
From the journal Volume 56 Issue 4

Libraries are social institutions that have existed in Turkish cultural and scientific life for 800 years. During this long period, they took an active part in preserving, reproducing the sources of knowledge, and making them available to different levels of the society. By analysing the functions and characteristics of the libraries in the Ottoman Empire between the XIVth and XVIIth centuries, one can see that without any doubt the book and the library tradition played important roles in the scientific, social and cultural formation of society in a nation nearly 600 years old. The establishment of important libraries, library types, their collections, their employees and their goals and functions show that libraries held an important place in the social, scientific and cultural life of the Ottoman Empire.

Fatih Rukanci, Dr., Department of Information and Records Management, Faculty of Letters, University of Ankara. E-mail:
Hakan Anameriç, Research Asst. Department of Information and Records Management, Faculty of Letters, University of Ankara. E-mail:
Received: 2006-03-27
Received: 2006-06-14
Accepted: 2006-08-02
Published Online: 2008-01-31
Published in Print: 2006-December-19

© 2006 by K. G. Saur Verlag, Federal Republic of Germany

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https://doi.org/10.1515/LIBR.2006.252

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  1. Closing Digital Divides: The United States' Policies
  2. Serving Culturally Diverse Communities in South African Public Libraries
  3. Multiple Cultures, Multiple Intelligences: Applying Cognitive Theory to Usability of Digital Libraries
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