Finding official British Information

Acknowledgements

This book would have been an impossible task without the willing and patient support and advice of many people. We are particularly indebted to all our colleagues on the Standing Committee on Official Publications (SCOOP) whose expertise we have frequently drawn upon. We would especially thank Chris Pond, formerly Head of Reference Services, Department of the Library at the House of Commons, for checking and advising on the Parliamentary chapter, Alan Pawsey, formerly Head of Legislation and Publishing Services at the Office of Public Sector Information, now part of the National Archives, and Hannah Chandler, Official Publications Librarian at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

We owe a huge debt of thanks to David Butcher, author ...