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August 15, 2008
The Guardian
The Guardian has picked up the the gossip about public library fines
Posted by Perkins at August 15, 2008 1:02 PM
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The Guardian article ends with a remark by an anonymous MLA person (robot?), and yet again the MLA's line is that all this is a matter for "library authorities".
So what is the point of the MLA?
It is just what we have heard time and again from Lammy and Hodge: they issue "best practice" "guidelines" and then, when there is something hairy, such as books in skips and fines (which it now wants to call "charges"), the MLA distances itself by saying that it is all down to local authorities.
A large fine should be slapped upon the MLA - except that we are all paying for it.
Posted by: Christopher Hawtree at August 16, 2008 9:35 AM