Abstract:

In our culture life, library institution which was born and developing with educational institutions and existing for nearly thousand years is the products of education process and serves as one of the fundamental institutions that ensures the information transfer process can be realized today. Thinking that understanding the past will positively contribute to shaping the future, historical development of libraries in our education is scrutinized through a historical perspective ranging from the initial written documents in our cultural heritage to present times and are determined through the effects of our education within the scope of this study. Due to the wideness of the time period examined, however, the subject matter of this piece of work was limited to the Pre-republican Period.

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