Bibliography

Bibliographies at the University Library of Graz

Bibliography (from Ancient Greek: βιβλίον, romanizedbiblion, lit.'book' and -γραφία, -graphía, 'writing'), as a discipline, is traditionally the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology[1] (from Ancient Greek: -λογία, romanized-logía). English author and bibliographer John Carter describes bibliography as a word having two senses: one, a list of books for further study or of works consulted by an author (or enumerative bibliography); the other one, applicable for collectors, is "the study of books as physical objects" and "the systematic description of books as objects" (or descriptive bibliography).[2]

  1. ^ "bibliology". The Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed.). 1989.
  2. ^ Carter & Barker (2004), p. 37.