Swanick, Sean. “Islamic Studies Library: Growth and Evolution.” Fontanus from the Collections of McGill University XIII (2013): 95–104. Print. (original) (raw)

Libraries of the Muslim World (859-2000)

This articles traces the history of libraries in the Muslim World from spanning over a 1000 years. It also looks at the books trade, book publishing, authors, Kings and Queens who sponsored libraries or who were bibliophiles in their own right. Book trade in the golden period of Islam (850-1250) was a profitable business. Muslim scholars, scientists loved writing and collecting books. Manuscripts in various European and Eastern libraries are a testimony to this.

Review of Kattani's History of Islamic Libraries and Bibliographers

Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Ḥayy al-Kattānī. Tarīkh al-maktabāt al-islāmiyya wa-man allafa fīlkutub (History of Islamic Libraries and Bibliographers). Ed. Aḥmad Shawqī Binbīn and ʿAbd al-Qādir Saʿūd. Rabat: Markaz al-Dirāsāt wal-Abḥāth wal-Turāth, 1434/2013. Hardback. 615 pp. RDMK (Arabic ISBN): 978-9954-542-05-7.

ANNALES ISLAMOLOGIQUES

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The existence of Islamic Libraries in the Classical Century in Eastern and Western States & the Role of Libraries in the Era of Islamic Civilization: A Case Study of Baghdad (Daula Abbasiyah) and Spanish (Bani Umaiyyah II)

PUSTABIBLIA: Journal of Library and Information Science, 2017

Islamic library has been exist in the classical era, precisely during the reign of Umayyad dynasty. The type of library in this era is private library and owned by Khalid Ibnu Yazaid, a semi-public library owned by Khalifah and official, the public libraries is mosque library. The civilization is the result of a genius nation's. This has been generally recognized. Islamic civilization is the result of Muslims, as well as Western civilization which now shows its glory as well as the result of Western genius. The genius of a nation does not seem to be born and developed without support, hard effort and adequate means, one of the most important tools in this regard is the library. The establishment of the library is a re actualization the awareness of Islamic scientist in improving the intellectual potential of Muslims, especially among students and observers of science. This article tries to explain about the relevance of Islamic library development in classical century, the causal development of Islamic literature between East and West and the role of libraries in the delivery of information.

Islamic Library: History, Classification, and Waqf Role

2021

Islam provides a great impetus for humans to pursue knowledge. The first verse revealed from the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is Iqra, which means "to read". The Qur'an uses repetition to instill certain concepts in the consciousness of its listeners. Allah (God) and Rab (Sustainer) are repeated 2,800 and 950 times, respectively, in the Alquran and Ilm (knowledge) 750 times. The need to preserve the Alqur'an aroused a passion for compiling writings in various forms, which paved the way for establishing the earliest libraries in the Muslim world. Libraries in Islamic history occupy an important position. Its existence is very difficult to separate from the development and progress of science and Islamic civilization, especially in the 8-10 century AD. This study aims to determine Islamic library research trends published by leading journals. The data analyzed consisted of 663 indexed research publications. The data is then processed and analyzed using the VoS viewer application to determine the bibliometric map of the development of Islamic research libraries. There were at least 7 types of Islamic libraries in the golden age of Islamic civilization: independent library, public library, mosque library, palace library, university library, ribat library, and bimartisan or hospital library. The seven types of Islamic libraries are almost entirely waqf-based.