新航路的开辟,新大陆的发现,欧洲新型国家的崛起,由此带动的工业革命、文艺复兴、科学昌盛,现代大学的建立,各种新思想的传播,新知识的普及……这一切昭示了一个全新时代的到来。这四五百年间的种种事件,着实改变了整个世界的面貌和社会生活的方方面面。不过,人们似乎忽略了隐藏于其后的另一个现象,就是同时期的现代图书馆的诞生。 The discovery of the new route, the discovery of the New World, the rise of new European countries, the industrial revolution, the Renaissance, the flourishing sciences, the establishment of modern universities, the spread of new ideas and the popularization of new knowledge ... all manifest themselves The arrival of a new era. The events of these four or five centuries have indeed changed the face of the entire world and all aspects of social life. However, people seem to overlook another phenomenon hidden behind, is the same period of the birth of a modern library.