Ellis, Alec (Charles Owen)
ELLIS, Alec (Charles Owen)
ELLIS, Alec (Charles Owen). British, b. 1932. Genres: Education, History, Librarianship. Career: Deputy Director, Academic Affairs, School of Information Science and Technology, Liverpool Polytechnic, 1988-91 (Lecturer 1965-68; Sr. Lecturer 1968-72; Principal Lecturer, 1972-78; Head of Dept., School of Librarianship and Information Studies, 1978-88). Assistant Librarian, Liverpool City Libraries, 1949-61; Librarian, St. Katharine's College of Education, Liverpool, 1961-64. Publications: How to Find Out about Children's Literature, 1966, 3rd ed., 1973; A History of Children's Reading and Literature, 1968; Library Services for Young People in England and Wales 1830-1970, 1971; Books in Victorian Elementary Schools, 1971; Public Libraries and the First World War, 1975; The Parish of All Hallows Allerton, 1976; (co-author) Chosen for Children, 1977; Public Libraries at the Time of the Adams Report, 1978; Educating Our Masters, 1985; Librarianship on the Mersey, 1987; The Parish of All Hallows Allerton: A History, 2000; The Bibby Family and All Hallows Church, Allerton, 2001. Address: 32 Gipsy Lane, Calderstones, Liverpool L18 3HL, England.