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June 16, 2007
Richmond
An anonymous comment has popped up out of the blue, following a long-ago entry I made praising Aileen Cahill for addressing some of the fundamentals when the Royal Borough of Richmond on Thames was one of three libraries selected for the "Love Libraries" campaign (remember that?)
"Yes it's encouraging to see the turn around in Richmond but the real challenge for Aileen and her staff will be how they sustain these improvements. As the article in the Guardian mentions the "transformation cost £90,000" the national picture is one of "decades of underfunding" and "up to two-thirds of a billion pounds... needed to wipe out the backlog of building repairs and refurbishments." In my own authority we're facing a 35% cut in our book fund! "
It is possible both to sustain improvement and avoid the effects of book fund cuts-- don't let it be a disaster. There are lots of useful courses of action available
Posted by Tim Coates at June 16, 2007 12:26 PM