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In conversation today I was told that the future plan was to get rid of all the staff everywhere and use volunteers. Surely this is not true ? our library system is a great British institution, I have been using the library since a small girl when my parents and myself used to all walk to library together and I would disappear into the childrens section and they would collect me on the way out.
If we can afford to give millions away to other contries surely we can save our libraries ?
If we can afford to give millions away to other contries surely we can save our libraries ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I hope not Dee. I had to lie and deceive to join the library as a child. I protested to save our beautiful library doors...but no doubt they see it as a soft target in their efforts to save money.
I enjoy my visits to the library and get a lot from the staff there.
Let me know if you get any more information.
I enjoy my visits to the library and get a lot from the staff there.
Let me know if you get any more information.
Libraries should always have a Librarian or Library Assistant in charge to ensure the smooth running of the Library. Local libraries are an essential part of the community catering for all creeds and classes, adults and children especially should be encouraged to join the library and browse the reference section instead of relying on Google. The demise of the library would be a sad reflection on society.
Not totally Sib. I can see a time where, if we want libraries, we accept they are run by volunteers. Perhaps part of the big society.
They tried a similar thing in Kettering with volunteers taking the place of teachers. e.g. if you could get a person fluent in French to volunteer why employ a French teacher?
Somebody didn't like that idea and found a sneaky way of helping it disappear into the black hole of other new initiatives.
They tried a similar thing in Kettering with volunteers taking the place of teachers. e.g. if you could get a person fluent in French to volunteer why employ a French teacher?
Somebody didn't like that idea and found a sneaky way of helping it disappear into the black hole of other new initiatives.
I believe (but correct me if I`m wrong) that libraries are governed by local councils. Our library`s budget is obtained from our council tax. I haven`t heard that there is a national policy on the subject. We have the highest council tax in London but as far as the library is concerned, I think it`s money well spent. The people who work in our library are paid staff and not volunteers. I hope it stays that way.
blimey, you need a degree and possibly a further qualification?????
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Woofgang. Your point at 21.13 was exactly our argument. The scheme ran, after a fashion, for three years in the eighties in six Kettering schools before being deemed.....well daft really.
My son's comp. was one of the schools to take part. It never got off the ground at all there because some chump employed a crazy Irish woman as the Volunteer Co-ordinator.
My son's comp. was one of the schools to take part. It never got off the ground at all there because some chump employed a crazy Irish woman as the Volunteer Co-ordinator.