The evolution of sharing and access to informationToday, in the 21st century, society functions thanks to digital media and mass production of literature. Universities operate with libraries, online courses and VPN access; medicine is made possible through the production of medical books throughout the country, online access to medical research, the ability to share information with a doctor in another state; every part of society functions because of the ability to share and access information more quickly. Sharing and access to information is visible throughout history, but its evolution was not really observed until the 1300s-1400s, when the production and desire for books became controversial. In the 1300s-1400s, the idea of ​​the book was intended for sacred use and when individuals desired fictional books, it was considered an evil act. Through much debate, the book led to more production, which resulted in the birth of libraries, which led to the evolution of sharing and access to information. This evolutionary process allows universities, such as the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, to provide adequate access to information in order to acquire an appropriate education through courses, such as Humanities 3990, an online course . The idea of ​​the book has been around for centuries after centuries and in the 1300s-1400s the book became a huge controversy. The main reason for this controversy was the content of what one was allowed to read: "At the center of this anxiety about what constituted appropriate reading material... fiction was considered particularly suspect: likely to negatively influence, to stimulate inappropriate ambitions and desires, to corrupt” (Flint, 2001: 17). The anxiety of reading this......middle of paper......te. From a few books that existed to numerous libraries and school after school, sharing and access to information is what has made society progress at the rate it has. Society would not be without the birth of such a powerful process that created the digital age. Work cited Altick, RD (1957). The English Common Reader; a social history of the mass reading public, 1800-1900. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Deirdre, David. The Cambridge Companion to the Victorian Novel. Ed. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2001): 17-36. Flint, Kate. The Cambridge Companion to the Victorian Novel. Ed. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2001): 17-36. Eisenstein, E. L. (1979). Printing as an agent of change: communications and cultural transformations in early modern Europe. Cambridge [Eng. : Cambridge University Press.