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Ian MacDougall<br />
FEBRUARY <strong>2017</strong><br />
Voices of Scottish<br />
Librarians<br />
Ian MacDougall, a longstanding<br />
research worker<br />
of the Scottish Working<br />
People’s History Trust, has<br />
played a pivotal role in<br />
recording working people’s<br />
lives and publishing their<br />
stories. He is the author<br />
of several works of social<br />
history including Bondagers,<br />
All Men are Brethren, Voices<br />
of Scottish Journalists, Voices<br />
from War and Voices from<br />
Lilliesleaf.<br />
This collection, based on interviews<br />
with 14 librarians and other library<br />
staff working in Scotland in the<br />
twentieth century, tells the stories<br />
of their working lives, explaining<br />
how libraries developed from the<br />
difficulties of the inter-war period<br />
and the austerity following the<br />
Second World War to become a<br />
well-used and important feature of<br />
local communities, committed to<br />
delivering an expanding range of<br />
public services.<br />
As background to their working lives,<br />
the interviewees describe their family<br />
circumstances, housing, schooling,<br />
pastimes, reading and wartime<br />
experiences. Charting the evolution<br />
of librarianship, the book reveals how<br />
our libraries have served society for<br />
generations and confirms Andrew<br />
Carnegie’s belief that public libraries<br />
are one of the most potent agencies<br />
for good.<br />
Format: 234 x 156mm R-pbk<br />
ISBN: 9781910900093<br />
Price: £16.99<br />
Extent: 384pp<br />
Illustrations: 4pp b/w plates<br />
February <strong>2017</strong><br />
Also available<br />
ALL MEN ARE BRETHEREN<br />
ISBN: 9781904607724<br />
Price: £25.00 Paperback<br />
Also available<br />
VOICES FROM LILLIESLEAF<br />
ISBN: 9781906566951<br />
Price: £20.00 Paperback<br />
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