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February 22, 2009
Richmond slashes its Book Fund
Word reaches Perkins tonight that the London Borough of Richmond is to cut its book fund by £100k from March
This is a terrible shame as under the previous regime in Richmond, and two fine chief librarians, the library service had gradually transformed itself into one of the best in London.
If this uneccessary cut is allowed to take place it will set back several years of progress. Of course a cursory glance at the figures reveals that there are plenty of other parts of the budget which could be cut without having any visible effect on the service to the public.
Posted by Perkins at February 22, 2009 8:25 PM
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Meanwhile in Swindon the Council has just decided to close nearly 25% of its libraries - 4 out of 17 in the local authority area.
Full report in the Bookseller:
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/78158-swindon-votes-to-cut-libraries.html
Posted by: Martyn at February 24, 2009 9:14 PM
Warwickshire County Council slashed this years bookfund by an enormous £277000 and the bookfund for 09/10 will be reduced by £177000. They should be protecting the library service not running it into the ground. No doubt the local paper will be reserving a place in its Obituaries column for the Warwickshire Library Service.
Posted by: Alan Turner at February 25, 2009 7:42 AM