Email to the American Library Association

I thought that your members, and American Librarians as a whole, might be interested to know what is going on across the water?


The UK Public Library Service is under attack, 350+ libraries have either closed or are under threat of closure, this figure is expected to rise to 600-1000 before the end of 2011. Local Authorities are also considering running libraries with volunteers or handing them over to Trusts. The profession has been very slow in building a defence and the real thrust has come from library users and campaigners.

These cuts are due to UK Government cuts in Local Authority Funding and are also seen by many to be an ideoligical attack!

for more information see;

http://publiclibrariesnews.blogspot.com/

http://alangibbons.net/

http://www.goodlibraryguide.com/blog/