Liverpool’s Central Library may lose 20 staff members, roughly 1/5 of its acquisitions budget, and evening hours if a proposed budget cut is passed:
Andrew Coburn, secretary of the national charity the Library Campaign Group, led calls for the city council to re-consider.
“The whole point of setting up libraries, particularly in urban centres like Liverpool, was to provide access to literature and education for all, regardless of means.”
“That is still the case, there are people who can’t necessarily afford to buy books, and others who don’t have a place to sit down and study, who will seriously lose out if the hours are cut back.”
“Cutting back the evening opening hours is clearly going to have a severe impact at a time when, nationally, the Government is actively encouraging more people to read books.”
Complete article from Cheshire Online.
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