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Too much to know : managing scholarly information before the modern age

Blair, Ann, 1961-

Overview

The flood of information brought to us by advancing technology is often accompanied by a distressing sense of 'information overload', yet this experience is not unique to modern times. In fact, says Ann Blair in this intriguing book, the invention of the printing press and the ensuing abundance of books provoked sixteenth- and seventeenth-century European scholars to register complaints very similar to our own. The author examines methods of information management in ancient and medieval Europe as well as the Islamic world and China, then focuses particular attention on the organization, composition, and reception of Latin reference books in print in early modern Europe. She explores in detail the sophisticated and sometimes idiosyncratic techniques that scholars and readers developed in an era of new technology and exploding information.

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Subject: 1500 - 1699 / Reference books, Latin Europe History 16th century. / Reference books, Latin Europe History 17th century. / Reference books History. / Communication in learning and scholarship Europe History 16th century. / Communication in learning and scholarship Europe History 17th century. / Note-taking History. / Bibliography Europe History 16th century. / Bibliography Europe History 17th century. / Bibliografi historia Europa 1500-talet. / Bibliografi historia Europa 1600-talet. / Bibliography. / Communication in learning and scholarship. / Intellectual life. / Note-taking. / Reference books. / Reference books, Latin. / Europe Intellectual life 16th century. / Europe Intellectual life 17th century. / Europa intellektuellt liv 1500-talet. / Europa intellektuellt liv 1600-talet. / Europe.
• ISBN: 9780300165395, 0300165390, 9780300112511, 0300112513

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
Z1035.8.L38 B58 2010	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE