Comments on: Warm banks and drag queens https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2022/08/warm-banks-and-drag-queens.html What's happening to your library? Sun, 11 Sep 2022 13:52:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Glyn Sutcliffe https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2022/08/warm-banks-and-drag-queens.html#comment-49950 Sun, 11 Sep 2022 13:52:14 +0000 https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/?p=18723#comment-49950 Effectively there is no agreement on Public Library policy or core purpose, irrespective of the colour of government. Essentially, the library profession has been superseded by opportunists with a variety of social community ideas with no consistency of purpose. There is a real need to start again from the first principals of Library and Information Science.

]]> By: Sue https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2022/08/warm-banks-and-drag-queens.html#comment-49947 Fri, 09 Sep 2022 14:47:48 +0000 https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/?p=18723#comment-49947 In reply to Bob Usherwood.

Agree with this wholeheartedly – no pester power except for free books

]]> By: Bob Usherwood https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2022/08/warm-banks-and-drag-queens.html#comment-49939 Tue, 30 Aug 2022 18:25:21 +0000 https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/?p=18723#comment-49939 Devon – Libraries transformed into market places in heart of Devon .
As someone who started their career in Devon I hate this development. Public libraries used to described be one of the few public spaces that you could go in and use without having any pressures to buy or spend money. This was a great “selling point” and one that encouraged people to use them. It is yet another example of the kind of world created by the Johnson government. And things will get worse under Ms. Truss!

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