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Many people watch TV soaps, and now the longest running soap (Coronation Street) is featuring the local library and the campaign to save it. Guest blog post article by Dr Anoush Simon (Aberystwyth University) discussing the relevance and importance of this: http://libalyson.wordpress.com/2014/08/07/tv-soaps-libraries-and-public-debate-guest-post/ And on the same day I spotted the OFCOM media report which notes that the average UK person watches 3.9 hrs of TV a day (http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/market-data/communications-market-reports/cmr14/uk/). With over 6.5million viewers of Corrie (http://www.barb.co.uk/whats-new/weekly-top-10? ), that's a lot of people learning about the library message Alyson ****************** Alyson Tyler Rheolwraig Rhaglen Datblygu Llyfrgelloedd, CyMAL: Amgueddfeydd Archifau a Llyfrgelloedd Cymru Libraries Development Programme Manager, CyMAL Museums Archives and Libraries Wales Llywodraeth Cymru/ Welsh Government, Rhodfa Padarn, Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3UR Hapus i gyfathrebu'n Saesneg neu yn y Gymraeg/Happy to communicate in English or Welsh www.cymru.gov.uk/cymal<http://www.cymru.gov.uk/cymal> / www.wales.gov.uk/cymal<http://www.wales.gov.uk/cymal> 0300 062 2103 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Twitter @libalyson Blog: http://libalyson.wordpress.com<http://libalyson.wordpress.com/> Scoop.it on E-books and libraries http://www.scoop.it/t/e-books-and-libraries Current awareness dashboard: http://www.netvibes.com/libalyson Welsh Libraries http://www.welshlibraries.org/