Cuts and the loss of trained staff mean that the notion of libraries as being special has been lostOf course it had to happen. Plans are afoot to turn four of my local libraries – including Torridon Road, the one whose shelves I stripped over the course of countless Saturdays during my pathologically antisocial and extremely happy childhood – into (partly) community-run entities in order to save £1m. It’s allotment of the £45m of savings that Lewisham – the country’s 17th most deprived borough has to find from somewhere as a result of the government’s continuing commitment to taking from the poor to give to the wealthy. Related: The future of Britain’s libraries: why lattes and Wi-Fi are nothing to panic Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com