Great, glad to hear it. I understand that you don't speak for Islington en masse, but are you forbidden from telling us what is happening there?
Tom Roper
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On 13 Sep 2010, at 10:10, Wylie, Alan wrote:
> Dear Tom,
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> I have never just sat back in all my 20 years in public libraries I have always been very vocal and active in fighting for services and jobs. The point i was making is that we need a co-ordinated public voice and quickly.
> Can I also just make it clear that my opions were personal and did not reflect those of my employer and I didn't mention Islington in the post!
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> Alan Wylie
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> Sitting back and waiting for someone else to do something is the fast track to a waiter's job. What's happening in Islington? What are Islington staff doing, through Unison, or other means, to keep libraries open, to keep services at their current level and improve them and innovate, to increase the number of professional posts available and bring unemployed members of the profession into those posts?
> Let us know, through Voices for the Library, <http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/wordpress/> or here....there's a lot happening, locally and nationally, and we need to hear it all.
> Tom
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> On 10 Sep 2010, at 12:47, Wylie, Alan wrote:
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> Dear Philip,
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> I,m sorry for sounding so negative but I really haven't heard much noise apart from the mouths of a few dedicated library campaigners, blogs etc. and now from members of the profession. The debate surrounding the future of public libraries has been raging for a number of years now but we seem to be no further forwards and the barbarians are the gates! It really is important, now than ever, that CILIP et al forcefully defend libraries and librarians before we all become waiters/waitresses!
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> Alan Wylie
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