Lub tsev qiv ntawv yog ib lub chaw ntawm kev coj noj coj ua, kev kawm thiab kev tshawb pom muaj tus cwj pwm, uas npaj cov pej xeem siv cov phau ntawv, cov ntawv xov xwm, cov ntawv xov xwm (luam tawm ntawv). Cov haujlwm tseem ceeb ntawm cov tsev qiv ntawv yog khaws cia, khaws cia, txhawb thiab qiv cov phau ntawv rau cov nyeem. Cov ntaub ntawv thiab cov bibliographic kev ua haujlwm kuj yog lub peev xwm ntawm lub tsev qiv ntawv.
Cov Lus Qhia
Kauj ruam 1
Cov tsev qiv ntawv tshwm sim thawj zaug hauv Sab Hnub Tuaj Txheej Laus. Thawj lub tsev qiv ntawv tau lees paub tias yog kev sib sau ntawm cov tshuaj av nplaum, uas nws lub ntsej muag tshwm sim rau 2500 BC. Cov thawj cov ntsiav tshuaj tau pom nyob hauv lub tuam tsev ntawm lub nroog Nippur, uas nyob hauv thaj chaw uas yav dhau los yog haiv neeg Npanpiloos. Thaum lub sij hawm khawb hauv ib qho qhov ntxa ntawm Iyiv Thebes, lawv pom ib lub thawv nrog papyri, khaws cia los ntawm lub sijhawm ntawm 18-17 xyoo pua BC.
Kauj ruam 2
Thaum lub caij nyoog muaj zog ntawm Ramses II, nws muaj peev xwm sau txog 20,000 papyri. Cov tsev qiv ntawv keeb kwm nrov tshaj plaws yog kev sau cov npe hu ua cuneiform tablets los ntawm huab tais ntawm Assyrian huab tais ntawm xyoo pua 7 BC. hauv Nineveh. Feem ntau ntawm cov phiajcim no muaj cov ntaub ntawv raug cai. Hauv tebchaws Kilis thaum ub, thawj lub tsev qiv ntawv yog tsim hauv Hercules, nws tus tsim yog tus muaj kev lim hiam Clearchus (4 xyoo pua BC).
Kauj ruam 3
Lub Tsev Qiv Ntawv ntawm Alexandria tau los ua ib lub chaw loj tshaj plaws rau kev tsub zuj zuj ntawm phau ntawv. Nws lub hauv paus pib txij thaum xyoo pua BC thib peb, BC tus tsim nws yog Ptolemy I. Lub Tsev Qiv Ntawv ntawm Alexandria yog qhov chaw ntawm kev kawm rau Hellenistic ntiaj teb. Tsis tas li ntawd, lub chaw saib ntawv yog ib feem ntawm txoj kev hu ua "Tsev khaws puav pheej". Lub chaw no tseem suav cov chav nyob, chav nyeem ntawv thiab chav noj mov, vaj tsiaj loj thiab lub vaj, thiab lub tsev qiv ntawv. Sij hawm dhau los, kev kawm txog hnub qub thiab tshuab siv kho mob, cov khoom tsiaj, cov tsiaj, tsoo, cov duab puab kuj tau ntxiv rau qhov nyuaj no, uas tau siv hauv cov txheej txheem kev kawm. Lub tsev khaws puav pheej muaj cov ntawv sau ntau txog kwv yees li 900,000 papyri (200,000 tus neeg tau tuav hauv lub Tuam Tsev, thiab 700,000 hauv Tsev Kawm Ntawv).
