'Enterprise and intelligence. The early company library in context' in A Black et al (eds), The Early Information Society. Information management in Britain before the computer
Details:
- Author(s) Black, Alistair
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 2007
- Pages pp149-85
- Publisher Ashgate Publishing
- Place Published Aldershot
Topics:
- Name Information: creation, collection & processing
Countries:
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Deals especially with the First Wolld War and interwar periods, focusing on the 'purpose and work of the early company library and the factors that moulded it'. Sections include: 'Company library foundations and activities before 1914'; 'Scale and nature of company library expansion after 1914'; 'Causes and context of expansion after 1914'. Has case studies of Bank of England, General Post Office and ICI Ltd. Provides list of business members of Association of Libraries and Information Bureaux up to 1927