History of Bibliography

Abstract

This article provides information about the origin, history and importance of bibliography in the life of society, as well as the theory, technology, methodology and organization of bibliography. Bibliography was also developing in the years before and after the discovery of book printing. One bibliographic work was created ten years apart from the other. Until this period, only these biobibliographic dictionaries were visibly structured as a form of bibliography. The essence and importance of bibliography as a social phenomenon, the main laws of its existence and development, its complex structure and its role in the system of close fields of activity are summarized. The essence and importance of bibliography as a social phenomenon, the main laws of its existence and development, its complex structure and its role in the system of close fields of activity are summarized.