UNSPECIFIED (1996) Information technology and organizational change in the British census, 1801-1911. INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH, 7 (1). pp. 22-36. ISSN 1047-7047

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Abstract

The first British census was taken in 1801 and was processed by a handful of clerks in a tiny office. By the mid-1800s, the census had evolved into an elaborate Victorian data-processing operation involving over a hundred clerks, each of whom had a specialized information-processing role. In 1911 the census was mechanized and the routine data processing was taken over by punched-card machines. This paper explores the changes in information technology within the census over a period of more than a century, and the resulting organizational changes. A contrast is drawn with the U.S. census-which mechanized in 1890-on the adoption of new technology.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Journal or Publication Title:	INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH
Publisher:	INST OPERATIONS RESEARCH MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
ISSN:	1047-7047
Date:	March 1996
Volume:	7
Number:	1
Number of Pages:	15
Page Range:	pp. 22-36
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/18203

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