Bloomfield, B. C. (Barry Cambray)

1952-1954 served in Intelligence Corps, Malaya; 1955 assistant, National Central Library; 1956-1961 librarian, College of St Mark and St John, Chelsea; 1961-1963 assistant librarian, London School of Economics; 1963 visiting professor, University of Florida; 1963-1972 deputy librarian, School of Oriental and African Studies; 1972-1978 librarian, School of Oriental and African Studies; 1975-1980 chairman, Standing Conference of National and University Libraries (SCONUL) Group of Orientalist Libraries; 1977 visiting fellow, University of Hawaii; 1978-1985 director, India Office Library and Records, the British Library; 1979-1990 vice-president and 1990-1992 president, the Bibliographical Society; 1980-1990 member of the British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia and member of the Britain-Burma Society; 1980-1984 and 1996-2000 member of council, the Royal Asiatic Society; 1981-1996 executive committee member, Friends of the National Libraries; 1983-1985 keeper, Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books, the British Library; 1985-1990 director, Collection Development and Humanities, the British Library; 1985-1991 member of the International Federation of Library Associations: 1985-1989 chairman of the section on bibliography and the division of bibliographic control, 1987-1989 member of the professional board; 1987-1991 trustee, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust; 1995- vice-president, the Philip Larkin Society; 1998 honorary fellow of the Library Association; 1998-2001 member of the Private Libraries Association; 2000- member of the Association of Independent Libraries.

Epithet: librarian and bibliographer