With the king's attention and superior geographical position, the library of Alexandria perfectly integrated books, personnel, equipment and methods, created centuries of glory, and pushed the development of ancient western libraries to a climax. It undertakes the task of sorting, storing and transmitting social literature information, and promotes the high development of civilization. Finally, the library work will be developed into a cause, which will arouse the attention of all walks of life to the library and its career development and improve the social status of the library.
Through a series of professional activities, such as document collection, collation and exchange, the specialization of library work has initially formed in Alexandria Library. Bibliography compilation, secondary document compilation and utilization, textual research and revision of ancient books in Alexandria Library have changed the history of the library as a "document warehouse", initiated the specialization of library work, and laid the foundation for the subsequent development of library work. At the same time, the idea and method of ancient Alexandria library trying to collect all the documents at home and abroad at that time influenced the collection tradition of western libraries and had a great influence on the emergence of many large libraries in modern times.
2. Knowledge dissemination
Alexandria Library has preserved a large number of academic works in the process of ancient civilization, collected all available source knowledge, and organized these knowledge for academic research. It has attracted many famous philosophers, writers, scientists and researchers to gather here to create, exchange and spread knowledge, and become a temple of scientific and technological innovation and a beacon of cultural prosperity along the Mediterranean coast. It allowed knowledge to transcend geographical restrictions, combined ancient western science with mysterious oriental culture, and became a world-famous literary center, cultural center and academic exchange center.
3. Cultural development and inheritance.
The library of Alexandria is the gathering place and exchange place of ancient Egyptian culture, Greek culture and Roman culture, which accommodates the cultures and ideas of the East and the West. Through the collection and management of documents, through the exchange of documents with other neighboring countries and the translation of works in other languages, the cultural exchange between the East and the West has been actively promoted. It has made great contributions to the prosperity of world culture, especially medieval European culture.
The Alexandria Library was built in Ptolemy I Soter (about 367 BC-283 BC) and flourished in Ptolemy II and Ptolemy III. It is one of the oldest libraries in the world.
The museum collects manuscripts from 400 BC to 300 BC, and has the richest collection of ancient books, which was once as famous as the Alexandria Lighthouse. Unfortunately, this world-famous center of ancient culture was completely swallowed up by the war at the end of the 3rd century.