Many who visit the library don’t know some of the amazing historical and awesome facts there are out there about it! Libraries have been around for centuries. Now these old school libraries were not the same as the library we all know of today, they originally started as the collection of knowledge. This was useful in about 1200 B.C. because the world, and knowledge of it, was shaping up and the people needed a place to keep this knowledge. While this may seem somewhat the same as libraries today, libraries have grown into so much more than that. Throughout the many different centuries, the library has grown into a place to store, share, and present knowledge, but also a place in which even the most wild of stories can have a home.

Today, we have many different types of libraries. We have public libraries, which is the library we all see in our cities, towns, and areas in which we live. These libraries are open to all in the area to come and check out books. We have academic libraries. This can vary from an elementary school library to a university library. These libraries usually feature a wide variety of fiction books as well as books that enhance a person’s knowledge on specific subjects. We also have private libraries. These libraries are owned by people in their homes, or in a separate structure for the purpose of them using is as a library, and are a private collection of that person’s books. Another type of library we have is a national library. The main purpose for these libraries is to collect anything to do with their country and world around them. For example, there is the British Library, and the American Library of Congress. These libraries have a focus on historical, and political facts but again aim to collect a wide variety of things.