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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.

Book history --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Latin --- Encyclopedias and dictionaries --- Communication in learning and scholarship --- History and criticism --- History --- Europe --- Intellectual life --- Bibliography --- Note-taking --- Reference books --- Reference books, Latin --- History. --- 930.85 --- 094:03 --- 094 "15/16" --- 001.92 --- 002 --- 871 --- Cultuurgeschiedenis. Kultuurgeschiedenis --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Encyclopedieën. Naslagwerken--(Algemene) --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--?"15/16" --- Verbreiding van feitelijke kennis. Popularisering van de wetenschap --- Informatieverzorging i. v. m. documentatie --- Latijnse literatuur --- 871 Latijnse literatuur --- 002 Informatieverzorging i. v. m. documentatie --- 001.92 Verbreiding van feitelijke kennis. Popularisering van de wetenschap --- 094:03 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Encyclopedieën. Naslagwerken--(Algemene) --- 930.85 Cultuurgeschiedenis. Kultuurgeschiedenis --- Reference books, English --- Books --- Reference sources --- Latin reference books --- Keeping notes --- Notekeeping --- Notetaking --- Taking notes --- Report writing --- Reporters and reporting --- Study skills --- Communication in scholarship --- Scholarly communication --- Learning and scholarship --- Book lists --- Lists of publications --- Publication lists --- Documentation --- Information resources --- Abstracts --- Codicology --- Library science --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- information management --- reference sources --- book history --- 871 Latin literature --- Latin literature --- Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Latin - History and criticism --- Encyclopedias and dictionaries - Europe - History and criticism --- Communication in learning and scholarship - Europe - History - 16th century --- Communication in learning and scholarship - Europe - History - 17th century --- Europe - Intellectual life - 16th century --- Europe - Intellectual life - 17th century