Presenting a detailed description of the various meeting points between reader and material, this work traces the historical and technological developments that provide the background for the meeting and explores the factors that influenced both the physical form and the informational content of documents. With a review of the concepts of library material classification, from the libraries of antiquity to those of the 1990s, this book focuses on the important role played by browsing, a common information-seeking behavior of library and information center users. This book sheds light on the...