Inside the British library / Alan Day.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Day, Alan Edwin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British Library.

Physical Description:

xii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Library Association Pub., 1998.

Contents:

Part I General 1

1 Historic Book Move 3

2 The Wasted Years 8

3 The St Pancras Building 46

4 Policy Matters and Documents 52

5 Initiatives for Access 78

6 Management Structure 83

Part II Collections and Services 89

7 Bibliographic Services and Document Supply 91

National Bibliographic Service 91

Document Supply Centre 113

8 Reader Services and Collection Development 138

Reader Services 138

Science References and Information Service (SRIS) 161

9 Special Collections 175

Part III Support Services 223

10 Collection Management 223

Acquisitions, Processing and Cataloguing 223

Collections and Preservation 230

11 Research and Innovation Centre 242

12 Information Systems 253

13 St Pancras Operations and Estates 258

Part IV Directorate Reporting Directly to the Chief Executive 261

14 Public Affairs 263

Afterword: The Future of the Round Reading Room 269

Appendix 1 The British Library Facts and Figures, 1996/97 272

Appendix 2 Towards the Digital Library: the British Library's Initiatives for Access Programme 274.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1856042804

OCLC:

39660683