MAURICE LINE
It is with deep sadness that we have to announce that Dr Maurice B Line FCLIP passed away during the weekend of 18/19 September 2010. Maurice had been ill for some time.
Maurice Line was a towering figure in the library and information profession, nationally and internationally, in the second half of the 20th century.
Maurice had a long and important association with the British Library and he made a major contribution to its development as a leading international research library during its formative years. As Librarian at the
For the next 12 years Maurice worked as a consultant specializing in the management of change, and advising organizations in many parts of the world. He carried out over 50 consultancies in 16 different countries and visited more than 40 countries in a professional context. He was Professor Associate at
Maurice had a broad range of professional interests and his publications literally ran into the hundreds. Some of his titles – for example On the construction and care of white elephants (on catalogues), How golden is your retriever?, Ignoring the user: how, when and why, The bonfire of the author’s vanity – underline both his humour, and also his predisposition to challenge professional orthodoxy. He was editor of Interlending and Document Supply and Alexandria, the journal concerned with national libraries, their roles and functions and international issue, and it is perhaps in this domain that Maurice had the most profound influence and exerted such thought and professional leadership.
Maurice will be sadly missed by the profession.
At the time of writing, the funeral arrangements were not known. The British Library plans to arrange a celebration of Maurice Line’s life and extraordinary professional contribution and details will be announced in due course.
The British Library, 24 September 2010
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Andy Stephens
Board Secretary and Head of International Engagement
The British Library
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Tel: (020) 7412 7269
Fax: (020) 7412 7093
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MAURICE LINE
It is with deep sadness that we have to announce that Dr Maurice B Line
FCLIP passed away during the weekend of 18/19 September 2010. Maurice
had been ill for some time.
Maurice Line was a towering figure in the library and information
profession, nationally and internationally, in the second half of the
20th century.
Maurice had a long and important association with the British Library
and he made a major contribution to its development as a leading
international research library during its formative years. As Librarian
at the University of Bath he had directed a study into the scope for
automated data processing in the new British Library. He was Librarian
of the National Central Library (NCL) from 1971-1973 and a member of the
British Library Organizing Committee which undertook a range of other
preparatory and planning work for the UK's new national library which
was to start operating in July 1973. He joined the British Library in
1973, when the NCL was incorporated into the BL, as Deputy
Director-General of the Lending Division. He became Director General in
1974, a post he held until 1985. From 1985 until his retirement in 1988
he was Director General, Science Technology and Industry.
For the next 12 years Maurice worked as a consultant specializing in the
management of change, and advising organizations in many parts of the
world. He carried out over 50 consultancies in 16 different countries
and visited more than 40 countries in a professional context. He was
Professor Associate at Sheffield University's Department of Information
Science, and External Professor at Loughborough University's Department
of Information and Library Studies.
Maurice had a broad range of professional interests and his publications
literally ran into the hundreds. Some of his titles - for example On the
construction and care of white elephants (on catalogues), How golden is
your retriever?, Ignoring the user: how, when and why, The bonfire of
the author's vanity - underline both his humour, and also his
predisposition to challenge professional orthodoxy. He was editor of
Interlending and Document Supply and Alexandria, the journal concerned
with national libraries, their roles and functions and international
issue, and it is perhaps in this domain that Maurice had the most
profound influence and exerted such thought and professional leadership.
Maurice will be sadly missed by the profession.
At the time of writing, the funeral arrangements were not known. The
British Library plans to arrange a celebration of Maurice Line's life
and extraordinary professional contribution and details will be
announced in due course.
The British Library, 24 September 2010
=====================================
Andy Stephens
Board Secretary and Head of International Engagement
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
Tel: (020) 7412 7269
Fax: (020) 7412 7093
