books ie bound volumes were rare items and usually found only in monasteries. ancient times saw the use of scrolls. not until the invention of movable type presses by Gutenberg did books become more common. prior to that books were copied by hand in a scriptorium. the bound volumes were chained to the shelves. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chained_library http://www.hannaharendtcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/chain.png On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 1:40 PM, John Montana < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Undoubtedly. I would be willing to bet that people nicking books from the > library was every bit as much a problem then as now; and books being so > much more expensive in those days, the severity of the problem and urgency > for a solution would have been much greater than now. > -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA [log in to unmask] Richmond, Va http://twitter.com/RAINbyte http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RAINbyte/ http://paper.li/RAINbyte/rainbyte http://pinterest.com/pakurilecz/archives/ http://pinterest.com/pakurilecz/records-management/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/peterakurilecz Information not relevant for my reply has been deleted to reduce the electronic footprint and to save the sanity of digest subscribers List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]
