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Resources for the History of Science in the Science Museum Library

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2009

L. R. Day
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The basic guidelines for the Science Museum Library, which determine the nature of the collections and the ways they are placed at the service of the public, were stated in the Government White Paper on the British Library of 1971: ‘The Library will be developed both as a reference library of the history of science and technology and for the provision of specialist services for the staff of the Science Museum’.

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Collection XI
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The British Journal for the History of Science , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , March 1985 , pp. 71 - 76
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Copyright © British Society for the History of Science 1985

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References

1The British Library, (White Paper presented to Parliament), Cmnd 4572, London HMSO, 1971.Google Scholar
2A catalogue of the Library of the Museum of Practical Geology and Geological Survey, London, 1878.Google Scholar
3Catalogue of the Educational Division of the South Kensington Museum, London, 1876.Google Scholar
4 Further details of the history of the Library can be found in SirFollett, David, The rise of the Science Museum under Henry Lyon, London, 1978, especially pp. 125–136;Google Scholar
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Historic books on machines, London, 1953;Google Scholar
Historic astronomical books, London, 1954.Google Scholar
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7Periodicals on open-access: a short-title list of periodicals received since 1945. (List A: alphabetical by title. List B: by subject according to Universal Decimal Classification. On 4 microfiches.)Google Scholar
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