# Barbara Kyle

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**Barbara Ruth Fuessli Kyle** (1909, [Richmond, Surrey](/source/Richmond,_Surrey) – 1966) was an [English](/source/English_people) [librarian](/source/Librarian) and [information scientist](/source/Information_scientist). She developed the Kyle Classification for social science literature.[1]

In 1965, she edited *Focus on Information and Communication*, Volume 17, Issue 6 of *[ASLIB](/source/ASLIB) Proceedings*.[2] This contained articles by [Barbara Wootton](/source/Barbara_Wootton) (2 papers), A. R. Meetham, W. T. Williams, [Rupert Crawshay-Williams](/source/Rupert_Crawshay-Williams), and [James Feibleman](/source/James_Feibleman)[3]

## References

1. Rolle, Elisa. ["Barbara Kyle"](http://www.elisarolle.com/queerplaces/a-b-ce/Barbara%20Kyle.html). *Queer Places*. Rolle. Retrieved 28 July 2025.

1. ["ASLIB Calendar 1965"](https://www.emerald.com/ajim/article-abstract/17/6/175/62558/ASLIB-CALENDAR-1965?redirectedFrom=PDF). *ASLIB Proceedings*. **17** (6): 175–183. 1 June 1965. [doi:10.1108/eb050020](https://doi.org/10.1108/eb050020)

1. ["Information and Communication"](https://www.nature.com/articles/2071034d0.pdf). *Nature*. **207** (September): 1034. 1965. [Bibcode:1965Natur.207V1034.](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1965Natur.207V1034.). [doi:10.1038/2071034f0](https://doi.org/10.1038/2071034f0)

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