Jo Gooding's blog

An interview with David Jones, Service Delivery Manager at Buckinghamshire County Council

Local outrage when library services are threatened with closure is testimony to the esteem in which they're held by the Nation. Communities around the world are reacting and campaigning in different ways, and implementing a variety of solutions to maintain and extend free book lending schemes and access to curated information. Sometimes, volunteers look to 'take the strain' and step in to prevent services from being lost, and we're aware that a debate is raging in England about the extent to which this is welcome.

12 Days after Christmas… … is all the time you have to submit a written response to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee’s inquiry on library closures (Deadline 12th January 2012)