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September 5, 2007
The Ministry of Daft
Among the proposals issued this week from the MLA/Price Waterhouse Ministry of Daft is that supply contracts for books should fix discounts for five years.
Old people who have been buying books for libraries for more than 5 years will observe how much the pricing in the book market for libraries has changed in that time. If a contract had been fixed by a council in 2002, the poor citizens who live in that area would have received extraordinarily poor value for money - and getting worse with each year
However, of course, the new proposals from the Ministry of Daft include making sure that no one in particular is responsible for which libraries end up with which books - or how much they cost.
Posted by Perkins at September 5, 2007 10:28 AM
Comments
I must say this aspect of the scheme does look daft.
Though as with any financially based scheme, you can argue either way.
A sudden economic frizz pushing prices up could make a fixed discount look good- depends on the flexibility in negotiations of yearly renewals.
Posted by: Pete at September 5, 2007 12:09 PM