The 7/28 episode (Real Audio required) of BBC Radio 4’s “You & Yours” focused on the state of the UK’s public libraries:
Should libraries be more like community centres with internet café’s, juice bars and job centres, or should they focus on book borrowing rates which have fallen in recent times?
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Try something new and different!
Libraries have to try something new and different to be more appealing (and meaningful) to the general public. Libraries largely have the image of being old and stale. Libraries have to be more modern, innovative, creative, interesting, etc. We know that libraries are invaluable to society yet we are so under-valued. Why so?