Comments on: Angry about cuts to Newport Libraries https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com What's happening to your library? Mon, 04 Nov 2019 19:26:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Catherine Finch https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/users/guest-posts/angry-about-cuts-to-newport-libraries#comment-7839 Sat, 16 Jul 2016 09:31:28 +0000 http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/?page_id=10939#comment-7839 Thanks for this – it’s very sad to think that the former librarian felt that she had to volunteer to keep the library open. It’s very Catch-22 and I really sympathise with her predicament.

But Maindee Library really isn’t a statutory library service anymore, though I appreciate their efforts and determination to keep the library open. Their engagement activities via arts/children events is still important to the community, but it’s not a properly run library service that would meet the statutory requirements outlined in the 1964 PL Act.

I’m worried that if the community library is reported to be ‘successful’ – it will give the council the excuse to reduce Newport library services further.

]]> By: Concerned Newportonian https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/users/guest-posts/angry-about-cuts-to-newport-libraries#comment-7759 Fri, 27 May 2016 03:22:26 +0000 http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/?page_id=10939#comment-7759 I visited the new (volunteer run) Maindee library recently to take out some books. The librarian was a volunteer who had worked as a librarian at a different library before the closures in Newport. When I asked her about the situation of the public libraries in Newport, she was literally fighting back the tears.

As a parent who has lived in Newport for over 20 years and used the public libraries frequently, I can only agree with your points.

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