Table of contents
THE MAKING OF THE BRITISH LIBRARY
GRAHAM JONESIn the bright summer of 1945 history lay with a heavy weight on the library of the British Museum.
REFERENCE DIVISION
PETER REVELLIt may seem paradoxical to assert that the Reference Division, despte being the crown and glory of the new institution which began to operate on 1 July 1973, was, and to some…
LENDING DIVISION
ALAN DAYIn retrospect, the process of merging the National Central Library with the National Lending Library for Science and Technology might appear to have moved with clockwork precision…
BIBLIOGRAPHIC SERVICES DIVISION
A.E. JEFFREYSAt the outset, let it be said clearly that criticism of the British Library Bibliographic Services Division (BSD) should not obscure its distinctive origins, achievements and…
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
PHILIP WHITEMANPerhaps the marvel is that there should exist at all a department in a British official body at national level dedicated to the support of research into information needs and the…