Edith Ditmas

Edith Margaret Robertson Ditmas (* 1896 in Weston -super- Mare, † 28 February 1986) was a British archivist, historian and writer. She was an influential official of the British Association of Special Libraries & Information Bureau.

Life

From 1908 to 1912 Ditmas attended the Royal School of Daughters of Officers of the Army in Bath. From 1918 she studied English literature and language at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. She graduated in 1920 with honors degree and in 1926 with a Master of Arts.

After several years as a teacher Ditmas joined in 1933 a position with the Association of Special Libraries & Information Bureau ( ASLIB ). She coined ASLIB for a long time, including as organizer of a variety of conferences. During reconstruction ASLIBs in the period after the Second World War, she was instrumental in and helped the association with private funds from.

1947 to 1962 she was editor of the Journal of Documentation.

In the 1960s, moved to Ditmas Benson ( Oxfordshire ). Posthumously one written by her historical treatise on Benson has been released.

Ditmas also wrote several novels.

Works (selection)

• Ditmas, Edith: Special Library was in time of. In: Proceeding of the 17th Aslib Conference. London 1942, pp. 52-55.
• Ditmas, Edith: Gareth of Orkney. Faber, London 1956.
• Ditmas, Edith: Tristan and Iseult in Cornwall. Forrester Roberts, Gloucester 1970.
• Ditmas, Edith: The Ditmas history of Benson. Pie Powder Press, Wallingford, 2009.