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in developing shared online systems. Over his 15 years as librarian, he oversaw expansion of the library's holdings and tripled its staff from 10 to 30 by bringing highly qualified research clerks, librarians and secretarial staff to meet the increased demand from the Lords for quick access to
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and serials control features and online access to that catalogue." Jones also created a significant programme for the conservation and cataloguing of the library's historic collections.
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In 1999, Jones contributed to add upgrades to the working law library for the Law Lords at the Palace of Westminster's West Front.
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David Lewis Jones was a prolific historian, biographer and bibliographer. He contributed several entries for the
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Jones succeeded Morgan as librarian in 1991 and continued to work to modernize the library, cooperating with the
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Lewis Jones, David (February 1993). "The Geac ADVANCE system in the House of Lords Library".
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ADVANCE multiuser integrated online library system "incorporating acquisitions,
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Debates and Proceedings of the British Parliaments: a guide to printed sources
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Working directly with Eccles, Jones oversaw the installation of the
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in London, 1970–72, before returning to Wales for five years as the
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Books in English on the Soviet Union, 1917–73: a bibliography
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Peers, Politics, and Power: the House of Lords, 1603–1911
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Jones began his career as an assistant librarian at the
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The Judicial Role of the House of Lords before 1870
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Welsh historian and Librarian of the House of Lords
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Index

David Jones
CBE
Welsh
librarian
historian
House of Lords Library
Aberaeron
Cardiganshire
Jesus College, Oxford
Institute of Historical Research
law librarian
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
Lord Elwyn-Jones
Lord Chancellor
Labour Government
House of Lords Library
David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles
information technology
Roger Morgan
Geac
cataloguing
House of Commons Library
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2005 Birthday Honours
Elizabeth Hallam-Smith
biographical dictionaries
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Dictionary of Welsh Biography
Eirene White, Baroness White
Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion

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