S. C. Bradford

S. C. Bradford ( 1878–1948) was an influential British librarian.

Samuel Clement Bradford was born on January 10, 1878 in London.948) was an influential British librarian. Keeper of the Science Museum Library, 1925–1937.

Contributions

• Bradford greatly increased the size and importance of the Science Museum library.
• Founded the British Society for International bibliography with Alan Pollard.

Publications

• "A short account of the Science Library and the Science Museum, South Kensington." Aslib proceedings 1 (1924): 27-29. [1]
• "Sources of information on specific subjects." Reprinted Journal of Information science 10, no. 4 (April 1, 1985): 176–180.
• Documentation. London, C. Lockwood, 1948. 2nd ed., with an introduction by Jesse H. Shera and Margaret E. Egan. London, C. Lockwood, 1953.

Further reading

• Pledge, H. T. "Dr. S. C. Bradford." Nature 162, no. 4128 (Dec 11, 1948): 917–918.
• "Recollections of a colleague whose memory may be at fault", Journal of Documentation, 33, no. 3 (1977): 173-179.
• Brookes, B. C. "'Sources of information on specific subjects' by S. C. Bradford." Journal of Information science 10, no. 4 (April 1, 1985): 173–175.
• Brookes, B. C. "Bradford's Law and the Bibliography of Science." Nature 224, no. 5223 (1969): 953–956.

TEMPORARY NOTES

• Martin, L. C. "Prof. Alan F. C. Pollard." Nature 162, no. 4122 (Oct. 30, 1948): 686–687. [2]

Alan Faraday Campbell Pollard.

• Pollard, A. F. C. "The World List of Scientific Periodicals." Aslib proceedings 1 (1924) 78--79 [3]

British Society for International Bibliography [4] [5]