An overview of twentieth century Irish forestry and forest products literature.

Abstract

The development of Coillte's bibliography of twentieth century Irish forestry and forest products literature is briefly outlined. An overview of Irish forestry literature, briefly describing its development during the time covered by the bibliography, is provided. A survey of the literature recorded notes the volume of work produced on each of the major subject areas, and compares the extent to which a number of topics are covered in this literature. The report concludes with a brief account of recent developments in the area of electronic publishing and forestry related literature.