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October 5, 2006
Still no figures
There are still no published figures for performance or cost of the Public Library Service after March 2005.
They are complied by CIPFA, a private company. One wonders what they do all day? Imagine not knowing the football scores until 18 months after each match.
I would find an alternative to CIPFA. So should the Minister- part of his statutory duty is to "obtain such information as is needed to superintend the service and improvement". But there is not much sign that he takes statutory duties very seriously. So what do his civil servants do all day? I would find an alternative to them, too.
That is why his ministry is called the Department of Common Sense (DCMS) and the Department of Libraries and Archives - is called Delay.
Posted by Perkins at October 5, 2006 8:15 AM
Comments
There is a wonderful children`s book by Richard Scarry called WHAT DO PEOPLE DO ALL DAY ? For a nano sewcond I thought this might make a sequel until I realised how dull it would be. Who wants to look at page after page of people sleeping and making chains of paperclips ?
Susan- I am sure that the expression "What do people do all day?" etched in my brain comes from many happy hours reading those books to my children. I think it every time I walk through a big London railway station. Tim
Posted by: SUSAN HILL at October 5, 2006 8:42 AM