Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
University of Strathclyde | Department of Information Science
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1985 - 2001
History
The Department of Information Science was formed in 1985 from the amalgamation of the Department of Librarianship and the Department of Office Organisation. Both of these had their origins in the Scottish College of Commerce (an antecedent of the University of Strathclyde). In August 2001, the Department of Information Science merged with the Department of Computer Science to form the Department of Computer and Information Sciences.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
University of Strathclyde (1964 to date)
Identifier of related entity
C0047
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Related entity
University of Strathclyde | Department of Computer Science (1967 - 2001)
Identifier of related entity
C0328
Category of relationship
temporal
Dates of relationship
2001
Description of relationship
In 2001 the Department of Computer Science merged with the Department of Information Science to form the Department of Computer and Information Sciences.
Related entity
University of Strathclyde | Department of Librarianship (1970 - 1984)
Identifier of related entity
C0326
Category of relationship
temporal
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
C0325
Institution identifier
GB 249
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997).
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created by Kimberly Sommerville, November 2011.