HINTON,+Eric+Austin

HINTON, Eric Austin (1899-1975) DL Lit. and Phil., Newcastle 1924 (CL 1926); CL Coventry 1932; CL Newcastle 1941-1964 He was one of the few municipal librarians prior to World War II who was also a university graduate. While at Newcastle Lit. and Phil. he pioneered the North RLS; at NEWCASTLE he modernized, reorganized and departmentalized the obsolescent central library and made it one of the last city libraries to introduce open access. He was active in the LA and was made an Honorary Fellow in 1966.