Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Garside (1913 – 1983) was a librarian, information theorist and

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British Intelligence Corps officer.

Education and career

Born in

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in 1913, Garside was educated at

Bradford Grammar School Bradford Grammar School (BGS) is a co-educational independent day school located in Frizinghall, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Entrance is by examination, except for the sixth form, where admission is based on GCSE results. The school g ...

and the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

. He became an Assistant Librarian at the University of Leeds in 1937, before going to war in 1939. He was commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in 1941, and served in the Headquarters, 21 Army Group, in 1945, where he was instrumental in establishing The Intelligence Library of the

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(later moved to Herford). After the war, he worked as Deputy Librarian at

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, from 1945 to 1958; although he continued working with the British occupation in Germany, such as on the Enemy Publications (Requirements) Committee (EPCOM) - making German learned documents published during the war available to British academics. He became Librarian at

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in 1958, and remained there until 1974. He ended his professional career as Goldsmiths' Librarian and Director of Central Library Services in the

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between 1974 and 1978."Lieut-Col Kenneth Garside" bituary ''The Times'', Friday 9 December 1983, issue 61708, p.16 col.F. He served on many public bodies connected with library, university and cultural work. Garside devised the library classification systems still in use at Leeds University library and at UCL.

Publications

Books, a selection: * 1981. Library co-operation at a time of financial constraints / by Kenneth Garside London : LRCC,1981 * 1983. ''Guide to the library resources of the University of London'' / compiled by Kenneth Garside. ondon: University of London, Library Resources Co-ordinating Committee, 1983.

References

1913 births 1983 deaths British Army personnel of World War II Intelligence Corps soldiers English librarians English bibliographers People from Bradford People educated at Bradford Grammar School British information theorists People associated with King's College London People associated with University College London People associated with the University of London {{UK-academic-bio-stub