Description: Jesuit libraries, which date from the foundation of the order, helped build a global culture as part their evangelization. Although few ties to the original libraries remain today, Jesuit librarianship left an intellectual legacy which still informs library science today.
Brief description: Kathleen M. Comerford, Ph.D. (1995) is Professor of History at Georgia Southern University. Her many publications include Jesuit Foundations and Medici Power (Brill, 2006). She is the founder and director of the European Jesuit Libraries Provenance Project (www.jesuit-libraries.com).