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William a G Alison Fla MY CAREER IN LIBRARIANSHIP by WILLIAM A G ALISON FLA W A G Alison, President of the Library Association, 1979, 1916 Born in Edinburgh on 23rd October. 1921 Attended Bonington Academy in Leith. 1924 Enrolled in Daniel Stewart's College in Edinburgh. 1934 Gained my Leaving Certificate. 1935 Left school and joined the staff of the Edinburgh Public Libraries. 1940 Called up for military service and joined the Royal Air Force. 1942 Married whilst on embarkation leave. 1946 Demobilised and returned to work in the Edinburgh Central Library. 1947 Awarded my Charter certificate. 1950 Awarded my Fellowship. 1954 Appointed Treasurer of the Scottish Library Association. 1961 Given the task of establishing and opening a Scottish department in the Central Library. 1962 Left Edinburgh on my appointment as Superintendent of District Libraries in Glasgow. 1964 Appointed Deputy City Librarian. 1972 Work commenced on the extension to the Mitchell Library. 1974 Appointed City Librarian. 1975 Designation of post altered to Director of Libraries. Appointed President of the Scottish Library Association. 1976 Accepted an invitation to visit libraries in Bavaria. 1977 Received a Silver Jubilee Medal from the Queen. The Mitchell Library celebrated its Centenary. 1979 Appointed President of the Library Association. 1981 Opening of the Mitchell Library Extension. Visit to Zimbabwe for the British Council. 1982 Retirement. Visit to Bahrain for the British Council. 1983 Visit to Syria for the British Council. 1989 Associate editor of "Library Buildings, 1984-1989" I was born on 23rd October 1916 in Edinburgh. I was an only child and my mother was a housewife. My father was involved in various businesses - a fruit and flower shop in Edinburgh and another in Leith followed by an artificial florist business in Edinburgh. Before he retired he had owned and managed several small hotels in Edinburgh. He was always anxious for me to go into business but I was never attracted to the insecurity of business. When I reached my 5th birthday in 1921 I was attending Bonington Academy, a private primary school round the corner from our home in Leith. The school catered for children for three years. In 1924 I was enrolled in Daniel Stewart's College, a fee-paying public school in Edinburgh. This involved travelling to and from the school by train or bus as the school was at some distance from my home. In addition to my studies I became involved in both rugby and athletics as well as taking an active part in the Literary and Debating Society. ------------- Seated in a classroom in my Edinburgh school in 1934 studying for the university entrance examinations a notice was read out from the headmaster. It intimated that a vacancy existed for a library assistant in the central library. Librarianship had never featured among my career prospects as I had never been in a library but for some unknown reason I decided to apply for the vacancy and I was appointed. My training began in the lending department of the Central library in George IV Bridge. I spent most of the time checking and arranging books on the shelves and reshelving returned books - the duties of a junior assistant. In charge of the Edinburgh libraries was E A Savage and, on the few occasions I saw him looking at the books in the lending department, I thought he was checking to see if they were in order. One of the other duties that fell to me, being a male, was to supervise the large Newsroom in the basement. The newspapers were attached to wooden slopes and were read when standing. All the racing pages were obliterated by a rubber ink roller. Whilst in the Newsroom I spent some of the time writing library tickets for new members. After some time in the lending department I was transferred upstairs to the Reference department where I became involved in dealing with readers' enquiries and familiarising myself with the stock of reference books. Having joined the Library Association in 1935 I soon began my studies. In these pre-war years there were no library schools but correspondence courses were available for part time study. The outbreak of war in 1939 brought my studies to a temporary halt. In preparation for my call-up I underwent training with the Red Cross and, having passed the various examinations, I prepared myself to serve in the medical section of the Royal Air Force. I was called up early in 1940 and after six weeks of medical training I joined a squadron to which I was attached until I was demobbed in the middle of 1946. I returned home to be with my wife whom I had married in 1942 when on embarkation leave. On my return to duty in the central library I was sent to work with another assistant in the Fine Art department which dealt with both reference and lending books. Art had been one of my subjects at school and I soon immersed myself in the various branches of art and I very much enjoyed the many years I spent in that department. I immediately resumed my studies, passed the requisite examinations and received my charter certificate in 1947. Three years later I was awarded my fellowship. I was now faced with contemplating on my future in the profession and I was considerably helped in this when I was appointed branch librarian of Fountainbridge library, one of the large branch libraries, and became responsible for the supervision and training of staff and dealing with the needs of readers. I attended branch meetings of the Scottish Library Association and soon found myself elected to the Association's council and in due course was appointed Treasurer in 1954, a post I held for eleven years. I was also business manager of the Association's newssheet, "SLA News", during the same period. I also became involved in the National and Local Government Officers' Association (NALGO). at that time the local government trade union. We were seeking to improve the salary gradings of local government officers in Scotland which were inferior to those in England. I represented the library staff on the local committee, attended meetings and conferences and became chairman of the branch. In 1961, having spent many years as a branch librarian, I was moved to the central library to set up and open a special department devoted to Scottish books, both reference and lending, and periodicals. With a staff of four this was another special subject department similar to that dealing with the Fine Arts. In the Edinburgh libraries the books were classified by the Library of Congress scheme and Scottish books had the letter 'X' before the classmark which greatly facilitated the removal of the books from both the lending and reference departments. The classmarks on reference books were preceded by a small 'w' . In addition to the books the appropriate catalogue cards had to be removed and arranged in the new department's catalogue cabinet. This new Scottish department also involved supervision of the long established Edinburgh local collection with its staff of two. My time in this department lasted about a year. It terminated in 1962 when I was successful with my application for the advertised post of Superintendent of District Libraries in Glasgow. I applied for this post as I considered I had gained experience in various branches of librarianship which would serve me well in another large library service. The Glasgow library service had its headquarters in the Mitchell Library. The imposing domed building on North Street near Charing Cross was opened in 1911, the third location for the library which was first opened in 1887 from the bequest of Stephen Mitchell, tobacco manufacturer in Glasgow. It is a reference library and in addition to the main reading hall it had a Music room, a Glasgow room and a Library of Science and Technology. It also had a bindery and office accommodation including the Superintendent's department which became my responsibility. I took up my appointment in Glasgow in August 1962 and was soon able to bring my wife and daughters to their new home in the south of the city. My duties involved visiting thirty- six libraries in different parts of the city and getting to know the staff. I gained a reputation for remembering names. Getting about in a city the size of Glasgow involved a lot of travelling by bus and on foot until I was given the use of a car which was a great saving in time. My office in the Mitchell Library adjoined the Superintendent's department where the staff dealt with the acquisition of stock for the district libraries and their classification and cataloguing. I recall that at that time we lost several very capable young female assistants because on marrying they had to resign. In those days a wife's place was in the home. Only a few months after my arrival in Glasgow I was travelling by train into the Central station and, as we crossed the River Clyde, I noticed smoke arising from the direction of the Mitchell Library. On reaching the library it was to find several fire engines and many firemen tackling the blaze which was engulfing the St, Andrew's Halls which occupied an island site with the Mitchell Library. Concern was felt about the safety of the library but there was a fire break between the two buildings and the library suffered no damage. After serving two years as Superintendent of District Libraries, in 1964 the City Librarian, C W Black, came into my office one day to tell me that I had been appointed Deputy City Librarian.
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