In 1950 Spanish books were included in the collection. The Spanish language section, up to that moment in the hands of the National College secretary, was removed and placed inside the College library in 1951. Those books were divided, as in the case of their English counterparts, into Lending Library and Reference. During that year Miss Heather Jackson and Mr. Luff catalogued again the whole of the Lending Library, and Sta. Iglesias catalogued and filed the Spanish one.
The work of the Library Guardians is first mentioned in the 1951 report under the guidance of Mr. Luff. In 1952 it was informed that there were about one thousand five hundred books, of which about one thousand two hundred were in English and the rest in Spanish.
In 1955 the library started to open three times a week. It was subscribed to about twenty magazines and newspapers. These were placed in the Senior Library during the first week, and passed down to the Junior section on the second. By July 1957 the efforts of the assistant librarians made it possible to open the library on five evenings a week after dinner. This had considerable effect on the reading habits of the College.
During 1958, due to hard work and collaboration on the part of Mr. Porter, the Librarian, and the Sub-prefect and guardians, three successful changes took place: a “suggestions list” for boys of different ages, a more frequent opening of the library, and exhibitions of new books so that boys could browse. As a result, by the end of that year 1974 books had been withdrawn.
Due to the large fire suffered by the College in 1959, it was necessary to use the library space as a bedroom. Mr. Harry Dykes, himself, moved the collection from the former building to the wooden classrooms beside the gymnasium. Unfortunately, according to the words of Canon Jackson in 1960, this change had a negative impact on students, as there was not enough space to sit and read. At the beginning of 1961 the library was moved to the Field House, and the collections of the Junior and Senior Library were put together.
In 1967 Mr. Deelman in collaboration with H.O. McCargo, Senior Librarian, implemented a new management system, which turned out to be very helpful for both researchers and librarians. In addition, they created a system of fines for those who didn’t return their books on time. This measure helped decrease the number of losses, at the same time becoming the main source of fund for the library. The Georgian from December that year sees the first mention of the “Biblioteca José Hernández”, which is how the Spanish collection was called.
In 1977 the collection was moved into the former Assembly Hall (now 6th Form Center), because more bedrooms were needed. Given that at that time the Assembly Hall was one the busiest rooms in the School, used as a class-room, an area for private study, for National College music classes, play practices and performances, House dinners, School dances and acts, it was very difficult to build up any real Library atmosphere or even to keep the place tidy and working efficiently.
