SMITH,+Frank+Seymour

SMITH, Frank Seymour (1898-1972) Wood Green 1913; Bethnal Green 1919; DL Hornsey 1929; CL Finchley 1937; W H Smith 1950-1972 Essentially a bookman he prepared at BETHNAL GREEN for the splendid stock improvements which he was able to effect at HORNSEY and FINCHLEY. He was Bibliographer to W H Smith during the later part of his career when he was thankfully able to shed his much less liked administrative responsibilities. His many publications included his LA thesis, //The classics in translation// (1930); //Best books of the War// (1947); //What shall I read next?// (1953); //Know how books// (1956) and, above all, //An English library: a bookman's guide// (1943) of which the fifth edition was published in 1963. He was an active member of the AAL and edited the //L.Asst.// 1927-1930 and its 1933 //Report on hours, salaries, training and conditions of service in British municipal libraries// (1931), a sequel to the similar report of 1911. He became a less active member of the LA Council but was responsible for the chapter on Cheshire, Shropshire and North Wales in the 1938 //Survey of libraries//. He also did much excellent work for the NBC and its successor the NBL.