A recent article from The Guardian titled How To Fix Our Libraries presents a grim picture of libraries in England.
As a country we pay £900m a year for our public libraries: a Millennium Dome each year. Is the money wasted? One thing is clear. Unless the management make significant changes to the way they work, in 20 years\’ time, nobody will be using libraries at all.
This article was written because an audit of public libraries was recently released. Written by the governmental Audit Commission, it was titled Building Better Library Services [1.86 MB PDF]. See the easily digestible summary.
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