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    86 4 " The Publishers' Circular % August...

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    Librarianship.

    and Haggerstone Mr . Hew , the Morrison Chief Librarian teacher at . Newcastl The elec e - ,

    tion of the latter gentleman , has excited the astonishment and indignation of the intelligent

    public in Edinburgh , especially as it was protested against by the minorityamongst whom

    were publishers , professors , and , others equally \ V rell V ^^ •^• a-i qualified X ^« ^¦ fc ^ - ' -W »»* - . aa .. ^ ^^ >»*» to W V- ^ ¦ jud *• ¦» ^^** ge WK ^»* *•* as » * - ¦* t ^ - » o "—* t ^* he ™ " - »• ^ - * r ^^ equiremen ^ - * * - »¦ * - *» " » ¦ " »•* a " .-m . " * ^ b ^ - _¦ . > t - ¦** p s ^

    ¦ as of a the librarian position it . is " = Of needless Mr . Haggerstone to speak here ' s st , at his us

    catalogues having called forth the highest both encom sides iums of from the exp Atlantic erts and . If liter he ary had men been on

    beaten by Mr . Credland , the Chief Assistant . of the Manchester Free Library «/ , who was also

    a candidate , I should have felt that the Edinburgh Committee had realised their

    responsibility , but Mr . Morrison , who is otherwise a \ ery ^ worthy and clever young gentleman , had

    no no claims claims that that were were not not vastly vastlv interior inferior to to those of the least experienced of the trained men who were BBBBi app ¦¦ BT- licants i i ai . His special

    ex-^ P"a- aa- ^ ap ™ ^^ B ^ ^™ - ^^^ ¦ W w ^ m ^ Pa "' ¦ B | ^ ap- ^^ a ~ ^^» ¦ ^ pT **¦ ^^^ p— - ^ raar *^ m pbbp ^ a" —^ ap 1 ap BBBaa »« BBPPBP Baa » *^^ V " ^ p ^ ^ r ^* ^ pb- ^ pB' "Baa V ^ P ^ pp " 1 ^^ a- ^^ "BBB he perience had been , as a a dduced member by of his the frien book ds , - was selectin that g

    small Committee town of of Brechin a Mech , anics and ' had Institute made , several in the

    visits to the Public Libraries of Aberdeen and Dundee .

    . Having elected Mr . Morrison , > and , becoming , as it would seem , aware of his present

    will unfitness commence , it has been from arranged the 1 st of that August his salary

    althoug . A h he ^ B ' ' onl y enters on his ^ K ^ du ^^ ties _ ^ r on , the ^^ 1 st of September , the interval to be spent in

    in visiting England several . The of the librarians leading public who libraries maybe

    selected by Mr . Morrison as coaches , ' will be something more than human if they ~ give him

    the ledge full they benefit have of the acqu experience ired during and years know of

    study and application . I cannot say if the Edinburg i ^¦ T ^^ — — ¦ ™ ^>^ ^ ¦ ^ ¦ ¦ ^^ . ^^ B h ^^ v P 4 B Committee ^^^ ^ H ^ r *^ B ^ PB ^ P ^ ^>^ PBP * ^ i ^ BI ^ B ^ ^ B ^ ^ B ^ ^ Bb ^ ^ BB ~ hav ^^^ V ^ B ^ BB ~^ BF ¦ £ e ^ BBT advertised ^ Bj ^^ B > ^ pV BB | Bf ^^^ p « BBBB aaT ^^^ fB ^ Bpr ^ bV ^ BB'VBH for BBS ^^^ bBb . a ^ K ^ W

    professional risonbut I librar should ian as assistant that more to Mr than . Mor one - , ' say

    such will be required . It has been , surmised that Mr . Morrison is of ' kith and kin' to

    Mr that . Carneg gentleman ie , b spoke ecause of in a grandfather of his speec of h his es

    of that name . In the interest of the hundreds of

    men who are being trained to library young work throughout the country it is surely time some

    protest should be made against the election of l' unqualified i' b ^ raries ^ ¦ ' ~^ -BBB- T ^* - , B | f BBBB or -B . ^ men .. BP , onl ^ v * ^ Hfe P" to y W the the ¦»* ¦» B-fc —*^ " management other " ^ p ^ V ^ P * *•» «*& VaB < pW 4 ¦ day —I *^ Tb *^ pT ff ¦¦ the Vp # P « P ^ of ^ Bp ^ library Mkp public lpW »^ P ^ At "pbp"b" •*¦• W

    Committee of { South Shields elected their Chairman the meeting ——• - « to at the which ¦ office of the Chief . resi PW > >>* PK Librarian -f-W tion of , at

    predecessor ' ^— " " - ~» " — - . CM waa *•** " » - " received W . -- " - *¦! ^^ ¦ - * - » - »*•» . . *»¦ " -.. ^ ¦ The -- ^^ gna ^ election P-V *» ¦ * •>¦ . »—* < -h A ^^ ¦« is > . * P *» of . P « fcVtB , ^ course illegalbecause the TAW chairma Bp n could not

    b ~—~ ^ ecom ^ — -w . P-V - ^ e BPPPB- ~ PP a BBBI - ^ 1 H c a ^» T" ^ ndida , PJ »** - > kp ^ ^ PV ' ^ ' ^ t b' e 'Vf * P ^^ - ^ for . F >^ ^ f ^ p ^ th pbT ^^ e *^ ^ pV o b" ff « bT 4 , ¦ ice * H pf * % iP ^/ * IpV « pT « u ^^ n X-p' t il JL ^ BP ^ af B « bV t er X ^ ^/ h - ---- is - ¦ — - resi ¦ ¦ -B— P- — ~ - g HH n - » - ¦ a V « t - — ' io B ^ - -W n pBPb PB ^ as V W B ^ . ^ ^ a ^^^ member ** ** ¦ " * ^ P'p' " * *** * " ¦ W ^^ ^ P ^ *» V of ^ k > T PB * fc th VpBpT ^ b | pfpffe , e \ , ^ ptpffl L ^ PBpfl i pffpf b "V rary J ^ ^ V . 1 , W

    Committee had been received and dealt with at a meeting of the Town Council . The Library

    A to these sociatio appointments n should have at next some meeting thing to . say as

    I am , & c , Randolph .

    Another correspondent writes : —

    ' In reference to the election of Librarian to

    quote the Edinburg the following h Public : —" Library Keepyour , several ain fish pa -guts pers

    for verb your in Scotland ain sea-maws . Among " is an the unforgotten candidates pro for

    the librarianship of the new free library in Edinburgh was a host of practical menthe

    -heads of various libraries—among them , were Mr . J . P . Briscoeof Nottingham ; Mr

    ¦ » ¦¦¦¦ - I ¦ m -f , m » r « . Haggerstone Yatesof Leeds , of Mr Newcastle . ^ Credland -on of -T Manchester ^ yne ; Mr . ^ . . , ; ,

    [ and Mr . John Ingram , Mitchell Library , Glasgow ] . The Committee of University

    fessorsmerchantstown councillors pro and working , menapparentl ^ y convinced that , -

    tical knowled , ge is of small account in prac the management of a large public library , have

    appointed to the post a Scotch schoolmaster whose n xiwtjv experience uapV '' ivuvv / \ of -r * . library xtifiUA j work it uixi jlk is 7 simp HiUiU ^ ly V

    c DundeerAdvertiser gives the following

    account of the new librarian ' s career , from which it may be judged whether Mr .

    Carnegie ' s princely gift of £ 50 , 000 is likely to come to nought , or whether it is appreciated : —

    School " Mr . Hew Brechin Morrison wjio , headmaster has been of appointed Smith ' s

    Librarian , to the , Edinburgh Public Library , is 37 years of age and a native of Sutherland

    where he received the earlier part of his , education . He afterwards attended the Free

    1871 Church passed Normal the Government School , Edinburgh examinatidn / and for in

    good his certificat service e , by which the has Education since been Department raised for .

    He also attended a course of lectures on educationfor which he holds a certificate from

    the University , of St . Andrews . His first appointment was to the school at Ardrishaig .

    In 1875 he was appointed to the school of the Parish Board of Brechinand in 1878 to the

    head mastership of the Smith , ' s Schools there , which have greatly prospered under his

    management . For three years he was Secretary , and for one year President of the Brechin

    Educational Institute . In 1881 he was elected to the Committee of Management of the

    Edunumber cational of Institute votes recorded of Scotland for by candidate the largest any up

    to that time . At present he is a director of the Mechanics' InstitutionBrechinand a

    member of the Committee . , He has had , con-¦ siderable * - * - »¦ ^ p »— ¦ - - ' --- » ^ - ™» »» -- ¦ ¦ " » - ¦ -fcrf- experience ^( . v - ¦ - — - jsr - ^»* - ••¦ a . ¦¦ ta * ¦¦ " ¦ - »¦ ^ p » - ^^ - in - •» •«¦ buying w . ^ --k- ^ h y Jk . Wk « and p ^ W ¦¦¦> i « b ^ - <« . selling r < - * ^* - ^ — —¦ p j—^ *

    those books , required and should for be the able various to buy departments to advantag of e

    the Edinburgh Library . He is acquainted perience with the in classification ili of books taloues , has and had has

    exvisited some of comp the leading ng libraries g , in London , Glasgowand elsewhereto study their

    working and If t , internal his is a arrangements "job" , it is not . " a good one .

    JNo wonder Mr . Yafces withdrew .

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    Lord A Crawford record of ' s the library sale has of the been first issued portion m the of

    shape of a large-paper copy of thb catalogue , 1

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1887, page 864, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081887/page/14/