Public Libraries and Austerity!

Whilst library staff were being told of redundancies and library users were being told about closures, the great and the good of the library world were discussing 'What future for public libraries in the age of austerity?' at the The Public Library Authorities Conference 2010 in Leeds.

Roy Clare, the chief exec of the now soon to be defunct MLA was a guest speaker, this is the man who praises councils for having 'political courage' when they close libraries.
Anyway they all appeared to have a jolly good time with a dinner on the first night, a black tie dinner on the 2nd and a lunch on the last day, not very 'austere'!