Half a million? Chicken feed.

Andrew McDonald

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“Half a million pounds of new funding for libraries” http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/news/arts-council-news/half-million-pounds-newfunding-libraries/ (Source: Public Libraries News, 7 Feb 2016) “To coincide with National Libraries Day (6 February 2016), today we are announcing further investment in a range of initiatives as part of our development role with library services across England.” · “£300,000 will be invested over the next two years in partnership with the Society of Chief Librarians, to support the development of their ‘Universal Offers’ for libraries. · £240,000 will be invested in partnership with the Wellcome Trust towards developing the Universal Health Offer delivered by the Reading Agency with the Society of Chief Librarians. · £30,000 of investment to support collaboration between library services in Greater Manchester. This includes the launch of a new Greater Manchester Library Card, enabling users to borrow books from other libraries across the region.”

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