mod and army library and information service, part 1 - andrew hutchinson
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An introduction to the role of the army librarian. Presented at CILIP's New Professionals Day, 10 Oct 2014 http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/events/cilips-new-professionals-day-2014TRANSCRIPT
MoD and Army Library and Information Service
Andrew J HutchinsonFormerly SO1 ALIS,
Directorate Educational Capability, Andover
CILIP New Professionals Day 2014Army Library and Information Service
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l MoD career history: Over a 24 year MoD career I have worked at:
l RAE, DRA, Farnborough – Aerospace & aviation
l RARDE, DRA, Chertsey – Fighting vehicles
l RSRE, Malvern – Radar and electronic warfare
l ALibS, Lisburn – Army Library Services
l DPA, Bristol – Business Library
l ALIS, Upavon and Andover – Head of Army Library and Information Service
l In August 2014 moved to The Library, University of Bath
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Army libraries
Army libraries a brief introduction
Army Library and Information Service
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Army libraries – a history
l 1793 – Garrison Library opened in Gibraltar.
l The Gibraltar Garrison Library was founded in 1793 by Captain (afterwards Colonel) Drinkwater, the historian of the Great Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1783. Drinkwater had, during the Siege, ‘lamented the want of a public library in Gibraltar’, especially under siege conditions when little by way of newspapers and reading material reached Gibraltar.
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Army libraries – a history
l 1800 – Rifle Corps library.
l 1813 – Royal Engineers Library Chatham. Specialist library established to keep members of the Corps abreast of technical developments in their profession.
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Army libraries – a history
l 1860 – Prince Consort’s Library for education of officers established. “A gift most graciously bestowed and so highly beneficial to the Service.”
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Army libraries – a brief history
l 1939 – books donated by population to support the Army with general reading.
l 1940 – Services Library and Book Fundl 1946 – Army Educational Central Book Depot and Army Central
Library established. Role – classification, storage, issue of general stock including emergency stocks to support ‘active service areas.’
l 1948 –Comprehensive Army Library Service established:l Institute of Army Education Libraries Section based in London
composed of:l Army Central Library.l Army Education Central Book Depot.l Command Libraries.
l 1950s - Library loan statistics:l 1957-58 Issues 2,053,867l 1958-59 Issues 2,339,880l 1959-60 Issues 2,618,834
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Army libraries – a brief history
l 1970 –
l Review of library services led to determination that in UK County Libraries could provide adequate recreational library services.
l Army Library Service based on a large library in each Command and supporting smaller Army Education Centre libraries.
l 1990’s – Computerisation, Online service provision and start of the awareness and impact of Internet.
l 2000’s – SDSR, AVANTI, BORONA, A2020, Google, e-books, digitisation, library service cuts……
l 2014- Future provision……
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Army libraries – the future
l In the last 7 years 67% of Army libraries have closed.
l More effort and resources going into electronic and online services. Electronic library on DII, ALIS Online on Armynet.
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Army libraries – the future
l Library provision based around:
l Prince Consort’s Library
l Support Unit
l Services Central Library
l NI, Warminster, TLC, Colchester AEC, MCTC, Brunei, Nepal
l Overseas – Germany to 2018, Cyprus
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Army libraries – the future
l The future of ALIS is to continue to serve the interests of stakeholders and customers and flexibly adapt to their needs.
l The future of the Army is A2020 – ALIS needs to deliver library and information services that support the aims of A2020.
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Army Libraries – the future
l “If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.”—General Eric Shinseki, retired Chief of Staff, U. S. Army.
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Army Library History - References
l VICKERS, PAUL
“A gift so graciously bestowed” The history of the Prince Consort’s Library, Winchester, Hampshire County Council, 1993.
l WAYPER, LESLIE
Mars and Minerva: a history of Army education, Winchester, The Royal Army Educational Corps Association, 2004.
l Col. WHITE, A.C.T., V.C.
The story of Army education 1643 – 1963,London, George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1963.
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Army Libraries – web sites used
l www.britannica.com
l www.carnegietrust.org.uk
l www.cilip.org.uk
l www.ers.org.uk
l www.wikipedia.com
l www.google.com
l www.visitgibraltar.gi
l www.re-museum.co.uk
l http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/fowke/2.html