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Information technology and organizational change in the British census, 1801-1911
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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 | ||||
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Subjects: | Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
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Journal or Publication Title: | INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH | ||||
Publisher: | INST OPERATIONS RESEARCH MANAGEMENT SCIENCES | ||||
ISSN: | 1047-7047 | ||||
Official Date: | March 1996 | ||||
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Volume: | 7 | ||||
Number: | 1 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 15 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 22-36 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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