Maurice Line : a celebration of a lifetime in librarianship / guest editors: Mike McGrath and Stella Pilling.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McGrath, Mike.

Pilling, Stella.

Series:

Interlending & document supply ; v. 33, no. 2,

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Librarians--Biography.

Librarians.

Library science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (68 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Maurice Line's first article (1952) was, in retrospect veryunexpectedly, on cataloguing – "The classification andarrangement of music scores". It was an excellentdiscussion of a difficult practical problem, and showedsigns of iconoclasm even then.

Contents:

Contents; Maurice at his desk at Boston Spa; Guest editorial In admiration of Maurice Line; The British Library: its origins, development and future; Information science as a liberal art; Tilting at windmills: BLDSC and the UK higher education community; A practical line in bibliometrics; The evidence-based academic library: Maurice Line and the Parry Report; The other side of Line; Maurice Line: a personal and inevitably partial view; Maurice's management maxims; Librarianship as it is practised: a failure of intellect, imagination and initiative; A lifetime's change in LIS

Publications of Maurice B. LineA biography of Maurice Line; Memories of Maurice Line:; Maurice Line: a curriculum vitae; Centre Section;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-50917-1

9786610509171

1-84544-433-7

OCLC:

191038921