Are there any other views on Public Libraries? via info NeoGnostic
Most readers of iNG will be aware of concerns voiced here in the past about what is happening (or not) to public libraries in the UK. Those same readers cannot fail to be aware of the continuing onslaught from Tim Coates in The Good Library Blog on any body which has any responsibility for public libraries: from CILIP to MLA; from Demos to the (now closing) Laser Foundation.Now, we have Richard Wallis of library systems producer, Talis weighing in with a reasoned analysis of the state of play so far on the Talis Panlibus blog. In 'Public Libraries - What Next?', Richard looks briefly at the official reports of the last 15 or so months and at all that Tim Coates has produced, and concludes that: it is clear that all the authors have in common a passionate belief that public libraries...