Emerald News. Career of Maurice Line Honored by Emerald Journal

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Emerald Journal Marks a Librarian's Legacy

Special issue of Interlending and Document Supply to commemorate career
and retirement of Maurice B. Line

UNITED KINGDOM, August 2, 2005 – Emerald Group Publishing announces the
publication of a special issue of Interlending and Document Supply to
celebrate the contribution to the field of Librarianship by Maurice B.

Line, former Director General of the British Library and previous Editor
of Interlending and Document Supply. Featuring Guest Editors Mike McGrath
and Stella Pilling, the August issue (volume 33, number 2) includes
essays, articles, and viewpoints by Line as well as numerous colleagues.

The library career of Maurice Line began in 1950 when he became a trainee
for the Bodleian Library in Oxford. In 1971 Maurice was a member of the
body carrying out the preliminary planning for the British Library. From
1974 to 1985 he held the post of Director-General, British Library Lending
Division, and from 1985 to 1988 he was Director-General of the British
Library's Science, Technology and Industry Directorate.

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 served as Professor Associate at Sheffield University's Department of
Information Science, and as External Professor at Loughborough
University's Department of Information and Library Studies. In addition to
his role as editor of Interlending and Document Supply, Maurice was a
prolific writer and speaker affectionately known for his humor and
unpredictable nature.

As a stimulus to clear thinking about professional and other issues. "I
have never met his peer," according to Chris Hunt, Emeritus Librarian at
the University of Manchester, UK. "In argument he may not always convince
one that he is right, but he always strikes sparks and makes one attempt
to justify a contrary view by using the logical and quantitative criteria
which he himself deploys so skillfully. Maurice Line is almost certainly
the most widely known librarian of his generation; his writings, teaching
and lectures continue to be influential throughout the world."

In addition to the many serious papers Line authored, he is credited with
colorful titles such as "On the Care and Construction of White Elephants:
Some Fundamental Questions Concerning the Catalogue" and "How Golden is
Your Retriever? Thoughts on Library Classification."

His column A Little off Line was often the spark of controversial debate
and will continue to appear in the journal New Library World.

The August issue (volume 33, number 2) of the Emerald journal Interlending
and Document Supply is available for free download during the month of
August at <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0264-1615.htm>.  Readers are
invited to reflect upon and enjoy essays including "The British Library:
its Origins, Development and Future," "The Other Side of Line,' and
"Maurice's Management Maxims."

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