Dismantling of library system continues – Doncaster/Dorset/Cambs etc
311 libraries plus 20 mobiles currently under threat or recently closed.
The figure has gone up by 10 librraies and 1 mobile since yesterday. This is because:
– Minus 3 – Cornwall looks to be 23 under pressure rather than 26 previously calculated.
– Plus 1 mobile – Flintshire previous figure was 5 libraries, at least one mobile added as under threat
– Plus 3 – Dorset – Previous figure was 17, BBC report 20 could go.
– Plus 10 – Doncaster – previous figure was 3, Alan Gibbons suggests rumours it is 13.
Cambridgeshire – some libraries to close as part of £161m cuts – Cambridge News
Cornwall – 23 (out of 32) to close, inc poss Newquay – This is Cornwall
Doncaster – rumours that 13 libraries may close – Alan Gibbons
Doncaster – disconcerting news from the MP – Save Doncaster Libraries
Dorset – halving of libraries as 900 jobs go – Dorset Echo
Dorset – 20 libraries could go – BBC
Flintshire – more on the cuts – Flintshire Chronicle
Hampshire – Libraries merge with other services – Get Hampshire
Leicestershire – Libraries could be privatised, put in trusts or shared – Harborough Mail
Lewisham – local groups urged to run 5 libraries or they will close – East London Times
North Yorkshire – 125 forms to save libraries so far in newspaper campaign – Scarborough Evening News
Torbay – £200k could be cut from libraries – This is South Devon
MLA – Arts Council “pleased” to take over but with 25% off – Guardian. Also in BookSeller and BBC
Kate Mosse on Libraries – BookSeller
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about 13 years ago
Mr Anstice – thank you for your website. This is very worrying news. Could I suggest one minor change: that you suggest people write to their MP and not the Secretary of State? I have worked in the offices of a Minister and of a Secretary of State, as the temp who opened the mail, and I can tell you that that letters from the public go into the “less important” pile to be answered by (often junior) civil servants, whilst letters from MPs (including those covering letters from their constituents) have to be answered by the Minister personally. In practice it is still the civil servant who drafts the letter, but the fact that the Minister has to read and sign it would, I think, have more impact.
about 13 years ago
Thank you for this. Very interesting. I will amend things accordingly.