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October 16, 2006
No books for Scottish libraries
I was right to be worried about the announcement of more funds for Scottish libraries --- here is a further announcement which explains how you can spend £440,000 on libraries desperately short of reading material -- and none of it on books! Quite easily!
Posted by Tim Coates at October 16, 2006 7:40 PM
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Just one of those counts as a genuine library service - the audio books.
Otherwise it is, yet again, money given to the people who run the libraries to keep them in work. Not a single ordinary member of the public in Scotland will benefit one iota by a penny of this money - or even be aware that the money has been there. It goes in salaries to library staff and in giving them something to do that has nothing to do with books and reading.
Posted by: SUSAN HILL at October 16, 2006 10:31 PM