| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 288 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-279) and index. |
| Contents |
Information society before the computer / Alistair Black and Dave Muddiman -- Science, industry, and the state : scientific and technical information in early-twentieth-century Britain ; History and development of ASLIB, 1924-1960 / Dave Muddiman -- A pre-history of the learning organisation : information and knowledge management before the digital age ; Enterprise and intelligence : the early company library in context / Alistair Black -- Education for the early information professions in Britain, c. 1918-1961 ; Women's employment in industrial libraries and information bureaux in Britain c.1918-1960 / Helen Plant -- Reconsidering the chronology of the information age / Alistair Black and Dave Muddiman. |
| Summary |
This book offers an historical account which questions the novelty of the current information society. In support of this the authors examine the history and traditions in Britain of two separate but related information-rich occupations- information management and information science - by repositioning their origins before the age of the computer, and by identifying the forces driving their development from 1900-1960. It will be essential reading for students, researchers and practitioners in the library and information science field, and for sociologists and historians interested in the infor. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Information services -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Information services. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Information science -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Information science. |
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Knowledge management -- Great Britain.
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Knowledge management. |
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Information society -- Great Britain.
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Information society. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- History.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Muddiman, Dave.
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Plant, Helen.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Black, Alistair. Early information society. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007 (DLC) 2006033557 |
| ISBN |
9780754683834 (electronic book) |
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0754683834 (electronic book) |
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9780754642794 (alkaline paper) |
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0754642798 (alkaline paper) |
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