1. The author enquired among users as to their definition of “reference.” The most common answer was, “It's the books the librarians lock up and won't let me take home and it is very irritating.”
2. Harris, Michael H. 1995.History of Libraries in the Western World, 4th edition., 10–63. London: The Scarecrow Press. As another example of a persistent issue, Harris noted that intellectual freedom hadn't made much headway. Assurbanipal's librarian is reported to have said “I shall place in it whatever is agreeable to the king; what is not agreeable to the king, I shall remove from it.”
3. Casson, Lionel. 2001.Libraries in the Ancient World, 97–132. New Haven: Yale University Press. Casson lists the advantages of the codex form. It holds more-several rolls fit in one codex; and readers can move about easily within the text, book marking as needed. Their covers make them easier to transport and sturdier; and the title can be written on an edge. He also described the 15th century book wheel, holding about 15 books, each chained to its own small shelf