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March 22, 2009
"I can't find any failing library authorities"
says Roy Clare, chief executive of the MLA, in today's Observer
Well try these, Roy- where the service is so awful that adults have virtually stopped borrowing books at all ( with the annual loans per adult resident)
Lambeth 1.5
Hackney 2.4
Lewisham 2.2
Southwark 2.1
Brent 2.4
Ealing 2.2
Kingston on Thames 2.4
Newham 2.5
Waltham Forest 2.4
Birmingham 2.2
Wakefield 2.1
Hull 2.4
Inverclyde 2.1
Belfast 2.0
the Rest of Northern Ireland 2.1
And if you don't think, as you keep saying, that book lending is important in public libraries, why don't you ask the people of these places and see what they say. It's about time you (and your cronies) stopped thinking that you know better than the public - and did what they want instead ..
Posted by Perkins at March 22, 2009 5:21 PM
Comments
With apologies to Mr No Brain who asked me some time ago to stop bashing Lambeth.. I can't help it, the figures just won't lie!
Posted by: perkins at March 22, 2009 5:34 PM