There is a petition calling on the government to ringfence funding for libraries by Frances Belbin. The text reads: “Libraries across the country are being
Category: Library funding
The Positive and Negative Impact of Using Volunteers in Public Libraries
The following post is from Gina Baber a Library & Information student at UCL. Gina has produced an excellent paper looking at the positive and
Striking The Right Balance
I recently came across the following quote by Edward R. Murrow, which struck me as being so true and such a succinct statement on how we
Damned if we don’t, damned if we do!
It was bound to happen sooner or later; a council would run out of money. The reason is rather simple: the removal of the central government
Review of Public Libraries 2017
Last year I looked at the possible trends in public libraries for 2017 and unfortunately the challenges I identified remain unabated. The situation has deteriorated even
School Librarians and Why Our Children Need Them
This is the second in a series of five articles about the importance of school libraries. Elizabeth Hutchinson is Head of the Schools’ Library Service,
