KYLE,+Barbara

KYLE, Barbara (1913-1966) Paddington 1929; Fulham 1935; Islington; CL Royal Institute of International Affairs 1945; Aslib 1962-1965 She replanned and reorganized the RIIA library to the extent that it became one of the main collections in its field. After some years' research and a brief period as Assistant Director of the NBL, in parallel with 20 years' service on the Aslib Council, she joined the staff as Research Librarian and Editor of the //Journal of Documentation//; the December 1965 issue is her //Festschrift//. Her own voluminous writing, under her own name and also as Ruth Archibald, was mostly in periodicals; her //Teach yourself librarianship// (1964) may be regarded as an introduction for possible entrants. She became in particular an international authority on classification with special reference to the social sciences.