I have followed this thread with interest, and now have some questions:
Some libraries may still have large staffing budgets but others have
already made savings in this area and increased opening hours, so on what
basis are these 'savings' going to be made.
How can someone based somewhere in the country buy not just for 149 library
authorities but all their service points, without simply making us another
branch of Borders or Waterstones, you can write as many profiles as you
want it will never replace the knowledge and expertise of the people on the
spot.
Given that we are all trying to raise issues, what evidence that this
centralised buying will increase issues?
Experiments with fiction via 'Branching Out' do not appear conclusive in
this area.
I would suggest that the MLA and others should for once actually let the
library staff, librarians etc decide for themselves how we will deliver our
service to our communities, as many of the ideas come from people with
little or no knowledge of how libraries work and interact with their
communities.
Peter Hebdon
Senior Librarian, Fiction & Reader Development
Wallsend Library
Ferndale Road
Wallsend
NE28 7NB
Tel: 0191 200 6968
Fax: 0191 200 6967
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