Library history

library, translation institute and research center in medieval Baghdad

American library association and professional society

history of libraries and other archival collections

thumb|Imaginary depiction of the Library of Alexandria The Pinakes ( 'tables', plural of pinax) is a lost bibliographic work composed by Callimachus (310/305–240 BCE) that is popularly considered to be the first library catalog in the West; its contents were based upon the holdings of the Library of Alexandria during Callimachus's tenure there during the third century BCE.