http://alangibbons.net/?p=405 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:33:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://alangibbons.net/?p=405#comment-4986 Weekly email 2009-04(Apr)-30 « Culture Politick Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:48:27 +0000 http://alangibbons.net/?p=405#comment-4986 [...] However, Alan Gibbons from Campaign for the Book countered that a lack of long-term preparation had meant that no plans for the new buildings were in place ‘prior to the threat of closure.’ More HERE. [...] […] However, Alan Gibbons from Campaign for the Book countered that a lack of long-term preparation had meant that no plans for the new buildings were in place ‘prior to the threat of closure.’ More HERE. […]

]]> http://alangibbons.net/?p=405#comment-4084 Andrew Preston Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:08:30 +0000 http://alangibbons.net/?p=405#comment-4084 Quite interested to see how this man, and his council view libraries, not as libraries.., but as centres for the community, spaces for the community, free IT zones... modern... In amongst all the newspeak, and the hardlyconcealed desire to rationalise, and costcut on buildings, there seems to me to be a major strategic error in how libraries are viewed by councils. A dumbdown. Quite interested to see how this man, and his council view libraries, not as libraries.., but as centres for the community, spaces for the community, free IT zones… modern… In amongst all the newspeak, and the hardlyconcealed desire to rationalise, and costcut on buildings, there seems to me to be a major strategic error in how libraries are viewed by councils. A dumbdown.

]]> http://alangibbons.net/?p=405#comment-4080 Tim Coates Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:08:17 +0000 http://alangibbons.net/?p=405#comment-4080 I could run a better library service on the Wirral for far less money. I could run a better library service on the Wirral for far less money.

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