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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face=Syntax><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Syntax;font-weight:bold'>MAURICE LINE<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Syntax><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Syntax'>It is with deep sadness that we </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Syntax><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Syntax;
color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=black
face=Syntax><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Syntax;color:black'>Maurice
Line was a towering figure in the library and information profession,
nationally and internationally, in the second half of the 20<sup>th</sup>
century. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=black
face=Syntax><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Syntax;color:black'>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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Bath</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=black
face=Syntax><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Syntax;color:black'>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 <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Sheffield</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>'s
Department of Information Science, and External Professor at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Loughborough</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>'s
Department of Information and Library Studies. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=black face=Syntax><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Syntax;color:black'>Maurice had a broad
range of professional interests and his publications literally ran into the
hundreds. Some of his titles – for example <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>On the construction and care of white elephants</span></i> (on
catalogues), <i><span style='font-style:italic'>How golden is your retriever?</span></i>,
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Ignoring the user: how, when and why,</span></i></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><i><font
size=2 face=Syntax><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Syntax;
font-style:italic'>The bonfire of the author’s vanity</span></font></i><i><font
size=2 color=black face=Syntax><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Syntax;
color:black;font-style:italic'> – </span></font></i><font size=2
color=black face=Syntax><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Syntax;
color:black'>underline both his humour, and also his predisposition to challenge
professional orthodoxy. He was editor of <u>Interlending and Document Supply</u>
and <u>Alexandria</u>, 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. </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=black
face=Syntax><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Syntax;color:black'>Maurice
will be sadly missed by the profession.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Syntax><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Syntax;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Syntax><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Syntax;color:black'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=black
face=Syntax><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Syntax;color:black'>The
British Library, 24 September 2010 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>=====================================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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