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T_i_B

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5. With the UK government still looking to trim the budget....

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 29, 2018, 12:52 AM

Aug 2018

...councils are starting to target library services for cuts at present. This means less library internet access (terrible news for anyone like the unemployed) and also a growing trend towards volunteer run libraries which offer less service than professionally run libraries.

The result of this is that we are starting to see a marked decline in use of libraries in areas affected by these cuts. Which is not good at all. Too many people take library services for granted.

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Libraries change lives. They should be protected at all costs [View all] T_i_B Aug 2018 OP

k&r LeftishBrit Aug 2018 #1

Libraries are undergoing change bucolic_frolic Aug 2018 #2

With the UK government still looking to trim the budget.... T_i_B Aug 2018 #5

K & R SunSeeker Aug 2018 #3

They want to profitize zentrum Aug 2018 #4