List of Tables; List of Maps; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Library and Information; 1.1 Concepts; 1.1.1 Information and Knowledge; 1 The information process; 2 Information and knowledge (library and information science definition; 1.1.2 Library; 3 Collections and functionality of the library; 1.1.3 The Library as Opposed to Related Institutions; 4 The library compared to related institutions; 1.2 Historical and Sociological Evolution; 1.2.1 Writing; 1.2.2 Mobile Storage Media; 1.2.3 Printing (Reproduction by Printing with Movable Type; 5 Social subsystems and associated library types