The early information society : information management in Britain before the computer

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The early information society : information management in Britain before the computer

Alistair Black, Dave Muddiman, Helen Plant

Ashgate, c2007

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

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Whether termed the 'network society', the 'knowledge society' or the 'information society', it is widely accepted that a new age has dawned, unveiled by powerful computer and communication technologies. Yet for millennia humans have been recording knowledge and culture, engaging in the dissemination and preservation of information. In `The Early Information Society', the authors argue for an earlier incarnation of the information age, focusing upon the period 1900-1960. In support of this they examine the history and traditions in Britain of two separate but related information-rich occupations - information management and information science - repositioning their origins before the age of the computer and identifying the forces driving their early development. `The Early Information Society' offers an historical account which questions the novelty of the current information society. 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 information society.

Table of Contents

  • Contents: Preface
  • Part I Overview: The information society before the computer, Alistair Black and Dave Muddiman. Part II Infrastructure, Networks and the State: Science, industry and the state: scientific and technical information in early 20th-century Britain, Dave Muddiman
  • The history and development of ASLIB, 1924-1960, Dave Muddiman. Part III The Management of Information in the Early Information Economy: A pre-history of the learning organisation: information and knowledge management before the digital age, Alistair Black
  • Enterprise and intelligence: the early company library in context, Alistair Black. Part IV The Information Workforce: Education for the early information professions in Britain, c1918-1961, Helen Plant
  • Women's employment in industrial libraries and information bureaux in Britain c1918-1960, Helen Plant. Part V Conclusion: Reconsidering the chronology of the information age, Alistair Black and Dave Muddiman
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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