ENGLISH 101Anne Bernadette A. DagleCA1CMrs. Maria Eloisa C. Reyes
What is the oldest library in the world?
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the oldest continually running library in the world is at the
St.Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai, Egypt
. It was built in themiddle of the 6th century and houses the second largestcollection of religious material in the world (after theVatican)ggest library. However it is not accessible to the public,only by monks and invited scholars.The
Bibliotheque de Paris
(Library of Paris)
combined withthe National Library of France, is the oldest continually runningpublic library service, dating back to 1368 when it was housed atthe Louvre. It has moved several times over the past 700 years,into newer and larger accomodation and new premises again arecurrently in the design phase.SOURCE:
http://ttglibrary.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/ever-wondered-what-the-oldest-library-in-the-world-is/
What is the oldest library in the Philippines?
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Started out in the 17th century by UST founders", Fr. Miguel deBenavides and Fr. Diego Soria , who collectively donated theirprivate collections for a future college. Soon other Dominicansfriars contributed books that made it the biggest collection of books mostly for priesthood. As new faculties/colleges wereopened in the University the collections widened to form aprecious collection of rare books unique in the Philippines.This library was located in the old city of Intramuros for threehundred years until it was transferred to its present location nowin Espana Ave, Manila. It was on October 29, 1989 when theUST Central Library Building was inaugurated to a new building.SOURCE:
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