McDonald Road Library

La McDonald Road Library est l'une des 28 bibliothèques publiques librement accessibles d'Édimbourg, en Écosse. Elle a été construite en 1902 dans un style Renaissance baronniale sur les plans de H. Ramsay Taylor. La bibliothèque a ouvert ses portes en 1904 comme branche Est du réseau de bibliothèques de la ville. Elle est située au coin de McDonald Road (qui lui a donné son nom) et de Leith Walk. Elle est un bâtiment classé de catégorie B.

1. Histoire

À son ouverture, la bibliothèque détenait 11 498 volumes et enregistrait plus de 190 000 prêts par an au cours de ses premières années. Les livres n'étaient directement accessibles au public qu'après 1922, lorsque le service de bibliothèque d'Édimbourg est passé à une approche « d'accès libre » à ses collections. Au cours de l'année d'ouverture de la bibliothèque, les cinq bibliothèques publiques desservant la ville ont émis 962 724 prêts.

Le bâtiment est l'une des cinq bibliothèques secondaires originales, construites et ouvertes après la Bibliothèque centrale, sous la direction de Hew Morrison, qui a été bibliothécaire principal entre 1887 et 1922. La quatrième bibliothèque secondaire de McDonald Road a été construite grâce au financement d'un legs de l'éditeur Thomas Nelson pour fournir des « refuges » aux ouvriers de la ville. En 1950, le stock de volumes conservés dans la bibliothèque avait plus que triplé : 33 963 dans la collection principale et 6 211 dans la salle de lecture junior. Les émissions du stock étaient respectivement de 285 559 et 57 557. Avec le développement de la ville, desservie par la Bibliothèque centrale, treize bibliothèques annexes, d'autres bibliothèques de banlieue et de dépôt, des services mobiles et hospitaliers, ainsi que des livres pour aveugles, les habitants ont eu accès à plus de 650 000 volumes et ont effectué plus de quatre millions de prêts. Comme dans toutes les bibliothèques publiques d'Édimbourg, les collections pour adultes sont organisées selon le système de classification de la Bibliothèque du Congrès. Les livres pour enfants sont organisés selon le système de classification décimale Dewey, plus répandu.

1. Notes et références

(en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « McDonald Road Library » (voir la liste des auteurs).

Norma Armstrong et Alan White, Lum hats in paradise: Edinburgh City Libraries, 1890–1990, Edinburgh, Edinburgh City Libraries, 1990 Edinburgh Public Libraries 1890–1950: A Handbook and History of Sixty Years Progress, Edinburgh Public Libraries Committee, 1951

1. Liens externes

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McDonald Road Library

McDonald Road Library is one of 28 freely-accessible public libraries in Edinburgh, Scotland. The library opened in 1904 as the East Branch of the city's library service. It is located on the corner of McDonald Road and Leith Walk, and is a category B listed building. At its opening the library held a stock of 11,498 volumes and recorded in excess of 190,000 issues (loans) per annum during its early years. Books were not directly accessible by the public for browsing until after 1922 when Edinburgh's library service switched to an "open access" approach to their collections. In the year the library opened the then-five public libraries serving the city issued 962,724 loans from stock. The building is one of the original five branch libraries, constructed and opened after Central Library, under the stewardship of Hew Morrison who served as Principal Librarian between 1887 and 1922. The fourth branch library constructed, McDonald Road was built with help from funding provided by the trustees of a bequest from publisher Thomas Nelson to provide "shelter halls" for the working men of the city. By 1950, the stock of volumes held in the library had more than tripled: 33,963 in the main collection and 6,211 in the junior reading room. Issues from the stock were 285,559 and 57,557 respectively. With the city much expanded, being served by Central Library, thirteen branch libraries, other suburban and deposited libraries, mobile and hospital services, plus books for the blind, the city's community was provided with access to over 650,000 volumes and the combined issues from the service totalled over four million lendings. As with all public libraries in Edinburgh, adult collections are organised using the Library of Congress Classification system. Since Wigan dropped the system during a 1974 local government reorganisation, Edinburgh is the only municipality in the United Kingdom continuing to use it. Children's books are organised under the more-widespread Dewey Decimal Classification scheme. McDonald Road branch is open to the public six days a week; with disabled access. It is on nine bus routes, offers free Wi-Fi, public computer access, a business hub, "Bookbug" sessions for pre-school children, five book/reading groups, a children's craft drop-in and some local councillors' surgeries.

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Leith Walk railway station

Leith Walk railway station was a railway station located on Leith Walk in Edinburgh. In order to build the station, the Gallow Lee, which was once the site of public executions, was excavated. The station opened on 22 March 1868 and was served by trains on Edinburgh local rail services. During World War I the station was closed as an economy measure between 1 January 1917 and 31 January 1919. The station closed to passengers on 31 March 1930. It is likely that this was due to competition from Edinburgh Corporation Tramways as the tram journey from the city centre to Leith Walk was quicker than travelling by train. Passenger trains continued to serve other stations on the line until 1947. Parts of the station platforms still exist although they are overgrown with weeds. The station buildings on Leith Walk were demolished in the 1970s. The railway line through the station was used to carry waste from Powderhall Waste Transfer Station to a landfill site in East Lothian until 2016, when the plant closed.

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Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh

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Museum of Scottish Fire Heritage

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