Colleagues
Extract from Press Release from the Laser Foundation:
Who's in Charge?, a report published w/b 26 April 2004, makes an important contribution towards the quickening tempo
of debate about the public library service. The title itself suggests confusion about authority and responsibility. All those with
a stake in the public library service, the government and its agencies, independent critics, local authorities, librarians and the public
themselves, need to not only address and answer the question, Who's in Charge? but decide who it is that can deal with
the other major questions raised by this report, and in a sensible time frame. It is written by Tim Coates, published by
Libri and funded by the library charity the Laser Foundation.
For the full Press release from the Laser Foundation and how to obtain the report please see
http://www.bl.uk/concord/laser-pressrelease2.html
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Henry Girling
Regional and Library Programmes
The British Library
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