The early information society : information management in Britain before the computer / Alistair Black, Dave Muddiman, Helen Plant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Black, Alistair.

Contributor:

Muddiman, Dave.

Plant, Helen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information services--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Information services.

Information science--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Information science.

Knowledge management--Great Britain.

Knowledge management.

Information society--Great Britain.

Information society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; PART I: OVERVIEW; 1 The Information Society before the Computer; PART II: INFRASTRUCTURE, NETWORKS AND THE STATE; 2 Science, Industry and the State: Scientific and Technical Information in Early-Twentieth-Century Britain; 3 The History and Development of ASLIB, 1924-1960; PART III: THE MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION IN THE EARLY INFORMATION ECONOMY; 4 A Pre-History of the Learning Organisation: Information and Knowledge Management before the Digital Age; 5 Enterprise and Intelligence: the Early Company Library in Context

PART IV: THE INFORMATION WORKFORCE6 Education for the Early Information Professions in Britain, c. 1918-1961; 7 Women's Employment in Industrial Libraries and Information Bureaux in Britain c. 1918-1960; PART V: CONCLUSION; 8 Reconsidering the Chronology of the Information Age; Appendix 1: Glossary of Common Abbreviations; Appendix 2: Alphabetical List of Archival Sources and Locations; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-279) and index.

ISBN:

1-315-61578-9

1-317-03499-6

1-317-03498-8

1-281-89364-1

9786611893644

0-7546-8383-4

9781315615783

OCLC:

427507081