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Alan Issler,
Libraries Community & Development Manager,
My usual working days are Wednesday 8.30am-5.00pm; Thursday 8.30am-5.40pm; Friday 8.30am-5.00pm
Brighton & Hove City Council Libraries,
Jubilee Library,
Jubilee Street,
Brighton BN1 1GE.
tel:01273-296948
mob: 07795336492
fax:01273-296976
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website: www.citylibraries.info
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From: lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Frances Hendrix [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 09 October 2015 14:15
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Subject: FW: You Must Read THIS!!
Shirley sees that an apostrophe has crept in that should NOT be there. She is horrified. Please disregard it.
But it was my fault so you can beat me!!
Frances Hendrix
From: lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Frances Hendrix
Sent: 09 October 2015 09:46
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Public Libraries News : 8th October
Editorial | Library Campaigner, Pragmatist or Believer: which one best describes you?
http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2015/10/library-campaigners-pragmatists-or-believers-which-one-best-describes-you.html
Shirley Burnham's comment (that has been moderated by PLN, but will not go up on the website until tonight)
An aide-mémoire for the application of Labels:
Believers:
Believers compete to establish their credentials by treating the Library Service as if it were an extreme sport, not a service. Believers adopt the word "radical" to give force to their consumerist approach, knowing that it has been a favourite word of advertisers whose websites have something to sell and now routinely promise a transformative experience. They risk comparison with religious fanatics who embrace a scary agenda that polarises opinion and eradicates the middle ground that is shared by those who desire a peaceful, ordinary life. Whilst such shrill radicalism might be expected in an adolescent, it is unworthy of those who have influence in the corridors of power. The advocacy of a wholly consumerist ethos for public libraries - that ignores all evidence relating to the nation's illiteracy, the benefits of reading for pleasure and the desirability of lifelong learning, all of which have an economic impact on society - means it is time for the Believers to grow up.
Pragmatists:
Pragmatism is a philosophical movement which claims that an ideology or proposition is true if it works satisfactorily. That begs the question of the library pragmatist's evidence that his or her solutions for the service in the 'austerity' climate are achievable or will work satisfactorily. On the evidence, it seems that every concession to pragmatism to date has led us blindly to the current crisis in public library provision. Winston Churchill said: "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." There are few pragmatists left for the crocodile to eat. Some still have a body part poking out of its mouth, whilst others - who shall be nameless - have vanished completely down its gullet.
Campaigners:
Campaigners are fighting to preserve the local, staffed public libraries they rely on and value in the face of assaults from the Believers and Pragmatists.
Frances Hendrix
Martin House Farm, Hilltop Lane, Whittle le Woods, Chorley, Lancs, PR6 7QR
Tel: 01257 274 833. Mobile: 0777 55 888 03
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