And will anyone at Laser/Libri be uttering the immortal words, "I'll get
me Coates"?
With apologies as I am taking this seriously, most of the time.
John
On Tuesday, May 11, 2004, at 10:38 AM, Adrian Smith wrote:
> http://www.hants.gov.uk/elec2001/elecsum.html
> FYI:
> 46 Conservative;9 Labour;19 LibDem
>
> see also:
> http://www.hants.gov.uk/library/index.html
>
> Adrian
> Headingley
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals [mailto:LIS-
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ed Cole
> Sent: 10 May 2004 14:17
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: The Lords on Libri
>
> I've just remembered that Hampshire County Council is responsible for
> Hatrics. Perhaps this could be relevant to admin costs although there
> is no justification for an interlending network not to be
> cost-effective.
>
> Ed Cole <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> By accident I tuned into BBC Radio 4 and heard Lord McIntosh's good
> response! I doubt whether there is anyone more critical than myself of
> public libraries but in these situations I always suspect that the
> authors of such reports are clueless or being paid by a particular
> group e.g.I was not impressed with the document produced by the Demos
> group.
>
> "Hanstock, Terry" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> (Apologies for cross posting)
>
> There was a short debate on the Libri Report in the House of Lords
> yesterday which included the following comment from Lord McIntosh:
>
> C My Lords, I would prefer to call my meeting in June a seminar rather
> than a summit. I think that summit is a bit grand. I will not call
> chief executives and leaders of councils to book; I will invite them to
> be present, which I think is more constructive. I will also invite Tim
> Coates, the author of the Libri report, and he will have an opportunity
> to defend his statements about the decline of libraries, some of which
> I have a good deal of doubt about.
>
> The full text is here:
>
> http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/ldhansrd/pdvn/lds04/text/
> 40506-01.htm#40506-01_star0
>
>
> Terry Hanstock
>
> Nottingham Trent University
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