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August 2, 2007
LLDA
My guess is that the LLDA (the "London Libraries Development Agency", funded by 32 London booughs at about £4,000 each per annum) won't survive in its current form (or possibly any form at all) for another 12 months.
What happened to the common membership card for London- which was one of its major undertakings? If I hadn't been barged out of the way, we could have done it by now.
Posted by Tim Coates at August 2, 2007 2:25 PM
Comments
Guess Tim? Or hope?
I suspect that any cross-authority card scheme is doomed to founder on council egos and get caught up in other issues (such as one stop council service cards and the like.)
I for one support a national library card scheme with a very simple joining mechanism.
Posted by: Pete at August 2, 2007 3:03 PM
Where's your evidence for the demise of the LLDA? You don't need a common library card for London, or even nationally. All you need is to enable each authority's card to operate in other authorities. This already happens in some parts of London.
Posted by: James Tredegar at August 2, 2007 3:49 PM
There's a pussy cat sitting outside their door
Posted by: Tim Coates at August 2, 2007 5:44 PM