مقدمه اي بر تحول و تطور فهرست نويسي در متون كهن

An introduction to the evolution and transition in cataloging of old texts

This article reviews formation of cataloging and indexing of book and inscription industry. Since the ancient times, authors in the role of the creators of the texts, and inscriptors and publishers at the status of those, who are responsible to make available these texts to users, were considered of guiding them to the content of the texts. In this article formation and evolution of cataloging is considered from past to the present, with citation to samples and old texts. Primitive techniques of indexing also can be seen in this article.