Comments on: “The MLA have been advising councils to close libraries” (Tim Coates); Vince Cable joins protests https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2011/02/the-mla-have-been-advising-councils-to-close-libraries-tim-coates-vince-cable-joins-protests.html What's happening to your library? Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:02:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Anonymous https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2011/02/the-mla-have-been-advising-councils-to-close-libraries-tim-coates-vince-cable-joins-protests.html#comment-75 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:02:07 +0000 http://83.170.89.36/~publicli/2011/02/the-mla-have-been-advising-councils-to-close-libraries-tim-coates-vince-cable-joins-protests.html#comment-75 Thank you for alerting us to the fact that Tim Coates supports the views of Eric Pickles who has slashed the budgets for local authorities which is the direct cause of the cuts to libraries, and who has frontloaded the cuts to this year which means they have no time nor capacity to look at the budgets properly, and is using this as the means by which he can blame councils when it’s actually his fault.

Be very wary of people who support Pickles.

]]> By: Andrew Grant-Adamson https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2011/02/the-mla-have-been-advising-councils-to-close-libraries-tim-coates-vince-cable-joins-protests.html#comment-74 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:17:26 +0000 http://83.170.89.36/~publicli/2011/02/the-mla-have-been-advising-councils-to-close-libraries-tim-coates-vince-cable-joins-protests.html#comment-74 Thanks for alerting us to the MLA involvement with council which are closing libraries. I have just checked the MLA website and find they have been working with Suffolk which has issued the ultimatum that 29 libraries will be closed if they are not taken on by their communities. Last night, the head of the county library service told the parish council here in Debenham (pop 2000) that they would need £17,000 a year to keep something which resembled a real library.

]]> By: Ms. Yingling https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2011/02/the-mla-have-been-advising-councils-to-close-libraries-tim-coates-vince-cable-joins-protests.html#comment-73 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:31:23 +0000 http://83.170.89.36/~publicli/2011/02/the-mla-have-been-advising-councils-to-close-libraries-tim-coates-vince-cable-joins-protests.html#comment-73 This is amazingly bad. Here in the US, we are experiencing some cuts, but nothing like this. I hope fervently that things improve for you.

]]> By: Carl https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2011/02/the-mla-have-been-advising-councils-to-close-libraries-tim-coates-vince-cable-joins-protests.html#comment-72 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:53:32 +0000 http://83.170.89.36/~publicli/2011/02/the-mla-have-been-advising-councils-to-close-libraries-tim-coates-vince-cable-joins-protests.html#comment-72 Tim Coates, Annie Mauger and others will be speaking at a SINTO briefing in Sheffield on 25th February. Details at http://extra.shu.ac.uk/sinto/Events/events.html#tent

Carl Clayton
SINTO

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