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Fwd: DCMS/Wolfson Fund 2000/01

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Stuart Brewer <[log in to unmask]>

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Stuart Brewer <[log in to unmask]>

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Thu, 21 Oct 99 22:29:59 +0100

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 DCMS 264/99 19 October 1999

 ALAN HOWARTH GIVES DETAILS OF NEW #3 MILLION PUBLIC LIBRARY 
 FUND TO BOOST READING

 A new #3 million challenge fund, joint-funded by the Wolfson 
 Foundation and the Culture Department, will be available from next 
 year for programmes which enable public libraries to promote the 
 enjoyment of reading and help build up and promote history book 
 collections.

 This is a new direction for the DCMS\Wolfson Fund which, in the past,
 has focused primarily on developing ICT, refurbishing buildings and 
 enhancing reference collections. New funding streams from the 
 National Lottery designed to support the development of ICT in 
 libraries and other learning centres mean that the fund can now be 
 redirected.

 Speaking at the Public Library Authorities conference in Torquay 
 today, Arts Minister Alan Howarth said:

 "The DCMS/Wolfson challenge fund has been a huge success since it 
 began in 1997. It has funded 69 pathfinder projects to develop ICT 
 services linking libraries to the National Grid for Learning.

 "We think it is now time for the fund to re-emphasise the importance 
 of libraries' traditional services - helping to draw in new users and
 build on the success of the National Year of Reading and the work 
 that is continuing through the Read On campaign. Helping people to 
 the habit of reading and experience the pleasure of reading a good 
 book is, of course, at the heart of what libraries are there to do."

 The fund for 2000-2001 will be in two parts. The programme for 
 reader development will be backed by #2m from the Culture Department 
 while the Wolfson foundation are providing #1m to support projects 
 providing books and materials relating to history from the 18th 
 century to the present day.

 Alan Howarth continued:

 "The Wolfson Foundation's splendid support enables us to celebrate 
 the new millennium not just by looking to the future, but by 
 enhancing libraries' ability to contribute to the nation's 
 understanding and appreciation of its past."

 Notes to Editors

 1. The DCMS/Wolfson Public Libraries Challenge Fund was established 
 in 1997 to provide #3 million a year for three years for projects to 
 enhance library services in England.

 2. The scheme initially focussed on projects in three areas: 
 developing IT, refurbishing library buildings and enhancing reference
 collections. Since 1998, however, it has concentrated in particular 
 on funding IT infrastructure projects in England which support the 
 development of a Public Library IT Network in line with the 
 Government's response to the Library and Information Commission (LIC)
 report "New Library: the People's Network."

 3. Since the commencement of the Fund the Government has committed 
 substantial additional funds to support the development of a Public 
 Library ICT Network. The 1998-99 budget allocated #200 million of 
 National Lottery funding to a programme of Community Access to 
 Lifelong Learning; #20 million for a training programme for all 
 public library staff to develop ICT skills and #50 million for the 
 digitisation of materials to support learning. Libraries will also 
 be eligible for a share of the #470 million Capital Modernisation 
 Fund programme to develop ICT learning centres.

 4. In 2000-2001, of the #3 million the DCMS/Wolfson Challenge Fund 
 makes available, #2 million will be allocated to the reader 
 development programme to provide support towards the sort of library 
 projects and activities which have been successful in attracting 
 National Year of Reading Funding [from the Department for Education 
 and Employment]. #1 million of the Fund has been made available to 
 create and enhance history collections in public libraries and to 
 interpret them, in particular, for young people.

 5. We expect to provide more detailed information and to invite 
 applications to the 2000-2001 Challenge Fund before the end of 1999. 

 Key Facts about the Public Library Service:

 58 per cent of the adult population hold library membership - 
 that's nearly 34 million library tickets. There were 377 million 
 visits made to libraries in 95/96, more than ten times the number who
 attended league football matches in the same period.

 10 million people, drawn from all ages and social groups - use 
 their public library regularly - at least once a fortnight.

 There are 4,759 libraries in the UK (including 693 mobile 
 libraries), plus 19,136 service points in hospitals, prisons, old 
 people's homes etc.

 There are 129,612,000 books in the public library service, 
 occupying 3,600 km of shelving, 2.5 times the distance from Land's 
 End to John o'Groats.

 Visiting the library is the FIFTH most popular pastime in the UK! 
 The first four are -

 1. visiting a pub,
 2. eating in a restaurant,
 3. driving for pleasure and
 4. eating in a fast-food restaurant.

Internet : http://www.culture.gov.uk


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Stuart Brewer
Pat Wressell Associates 
36 Highbury
Jesmond
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 3EA
UK           

Tel: +44 (0) 191 281 3502
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