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October 11, 2008
Oh dear: Poor planning in Hampshire County Council
From Kate:
'Just when I thought the library situation could not get worse it has. The latest turn is the upgrade of their IT system: it will take 3 months and there will be no catalogue available and today the website is off air. We pay quite highly for having rundown premises, poor book stock ,space being given to PCs and general decline in standards and I fear that it is only going to get worse, all I can say is Thank God for Amazon'
Margaret Dewar and Yinnon Ezra have only spent £25m and eight years so far on the great library recovery plan!! After all these years of declamation, the mercy is that there are still only 2 Discovery Centres, thank goodness!
Posted by Perkins at October 11, 2008 8:28 PM
Comments
I've been hearing about IT systems and their upgrades for years, mostly while people look down their noses at the poor little Luddite who "just doesn't get it", and confidently proclaim that once they get the last little glitch out of the system everything will be wonderful.
Well, nuts! Back in the 1950s they were confidently proclaiming that we'd all be wearing silver spacesuits, flying around in aerocars, holidaying on the Moon and eating pills for nourishment.
Didn't quite work out that way, did it? One innovation does not a reboot of civilisation make, and I think, reading poor Kate's comments, that I will finally say: stuff the IT and spend the money on books instead!
Posted by: James Christie at October 13, 2008 3:16 PM