Monday, 14 September 2015

Government figures are a nonsense, anyway.

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A copy of the cipfa dataset that shows all the library authorities visits and issues paints a really grim picture for the library sector. Ev...
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Wednesday, 12 August 2015

He can talk in clichés till the cows come home

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I haven't written anything on libraries for a while. But today a couple of things got me riled up enough to commit finger to key. The fi...
Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Everything is at risk

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Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) is preparing for another round of cuts and seems to have forgotten that libraries are a statutory service. ...
Thursday, 7 May 2015

If a library closes in the New Forest, does Vaizey make a sound?

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Tomorrow or over the next few weeks we may have a new minister responsible for libraries. Considering the three main parties are unintereste...
Wednesday, 5 November 2014

Samaritans Radar

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Disclosure: I am a Samaritan volunteer, the views below are my own, I don't represent the organisation and I've not sought permissio...
Sunday, 6 July 2014

When all three parties agree, something must be wrong

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The SCL are now thinking about stepping in to help the volunteer libraries. In SCL stakeholders meeting, I made the point that there's s...
Thursday, 26 June 2014

Wil Iam Sieghart on PUBlic Libraries

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Wil Iam Sieghart has given a snippet of his thinking with regards to the future of the library service in England. Its on the LGA (Local Gov...