https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2011/10/volunteer-run-libraries-are-statutory-says-jeremy-hunt.html What's happening to your library? Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:39:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2011/10/volunteer-run-libraries-are-statutory-says-jeremy-hunt.html#comment-143 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:39:03 +0000 http://83.170.89.36/~publicli/2011/10/volunteer-run-libraries-are-statutory-says-jeremy-hunt.html#comment-143 A local authority can’t dispose of its responsibilities. Sub contracting them (even to volunteers) only reinforces the duties that the council has. Any library service within the jurisdiction of the council is part of its duty to provide a comprehensive and efficient service. .. . All this is as true of libraries as it would be of any service that the council has committed to provide.

]]> https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2011/10/volunteer-run-libraries-are-statutory-says-jeremy-hunt.html#comment-142 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:00:42 +0000 http://83.170.89.36/~publicli/2011/10/volunteer-run-libraries-are-statutory-says-jeremy-hunt.html#comment-142 Am I the only one to be confused by Jeremy Hunt’s answer concerning library provision and the 1964 Act? His answer implied that Gloucestershire and the Isle of Wight Councils, amongst others, had found a way of maintaining their library offer by allowing community groups to take over some local libraries. But haven’t Gloucestershire and Isle of Wight Councils indicated that the proposed community-run libraries in their areas are not part of the statutory library service. Thus they can’t be used in defence of the Council’s compliance with the 1964 Act.

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