BRITISH INDUSTRIAL LIBRARIES BEFORE 1939

Abstract

The libraries of British industrial firms are traced from their beginnings in the chemical industry in the last thirty years of the nineteenth century till 1939, by which date they had spread to many branches of industry and had been recognized as an important part of the industrial and library worlds, thus establishing standard patterns of work. The origins and significance of Aslib are discussed.

Citation

MARSHALL, M.R. (1972), "BRITISH INDUSTRIAL LIBRARIES BEFORE 1939", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 28 No. 2, pp. 107-121. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026533