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September 28, 2006
Frustration in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire
These are big Tory councils who seemed determined to go out of their way to deprive the public of their libraries.
In Bucks it takes the from of an anguished note "a disenchanted frequent user of Aylesbury ref library. Much correspondence enclosed re unsuitable tables (too small for spreading out papers etc.) and hopeless replies from Musset etc. and Mrs Dewar. "
And in Herts it is the decision of the county council to revert to short opening hours in a number of libraries whose hours had been lengthened as an experiment 2 months ago.. Of course the book collections remained appalling and the council can only think to chastise the public for not finding anything useful in their libraries. Can you imagine Marks and Spencers behaving in such a crass manner?-- yet believe me these council managers are paid just as much and have just as abundant resource at their disposal as anyone in Marks and Spencer.
Posted by Tim Coates at September 28, 2006 9:06 PM