A history of information storage and retrieval

Foster Stockwell

"Throughout history, humans have sought ways not only to acquire but to preserve knowledge. From when to plant crops to who begat whom, even the earliest people worked to store information. Today, computers and other technologies have almost completely changed the world of information access." "This history traces the development of knowledge collection from early humans, whose minds served as repositories of culture and lore, through the first libraries and encyclopedias, to the many advances of the twentieth century."--Jacket.