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Hi. I’m Ian Anstice, a lover of libraries for as long as I can remember and a professionally qualified librarian (MA Librarianship, Sheffield) since 1994. Since then I’ve worked as librarian and then manager of Winsford Library (and then also Wharton Library) for Cheshire West and Chester Council. I have since been a Locality Librarian in various areas of the borough. For two years 2017 to 2019, I was co-ordinator – three days per week – for Time To Read North West.  However, none of this website is in any way associated with the Council.  Any views and opinions expressed are my own.

Why am I spending so much time  on this website? Well, no-one else is doing it in the way I’d want it to be done. As a librarian, I think free access to information, facts and the views of all sides are necessary.  We’re living through the biggest changes to hit public libraries since their inception and it’s a privilege to be able to chronicle it.  My thanks to the many who email in information and, also, to the many that ask for information.  They’re all doing their bit to make libraries better than they would otherwise be and I am happy to be of service.

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