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>And they say we're all one big profession!< Who said that? We are all different but with common interests. If public libraries close down it's not going to affect my job, or indeed my library attendance as one of the branch libraries that might close is further away than the central library for me. But public service cuts have already frozen my salary and research council funding changes have already had an impact. >You can have the debate on the terms of a government that has contempt for the publically funded library if you like.< Public libraries are funded by councils. I would have said that most governments have had some level of contempt for public libraries one way or another mainly through a level of indifference, but public library funding is done through councils. My Lib Dem council has a lot of support for publically funded libraries considering they spent £7.5 million on a new central library. The Conservative County Council has immense contempt for the desires of people I'd agree though with the £160 million they are wasting on a guided bus system no one wants. >Incidentally I can't help but notice the geographical locations of some of the folk towing the ConDem line.< And the fact that you live in a Labour constituency (or having MSP's in a national assembly with a working coalition) has nothing to do with it either then? Just because people come from a certainly area with a certain MP means nothing. Often over 50% of people didn't vote for the winning candidate. And I highly doubt anyone is towing a party line (not that I'd say one exists), we're just trying to work with what we have got. What's the solution then? How do we solve all this? Is there a magic wand? Should we be manning the barricades with Molotov cocktails instead? The whole point I'm trying to make is that there needs to be a focus on affecting the decisions of the councils making decisions, which there currently isn't. Kevin