Libraries are continuing to be a topic for discussion following the recent press coverage about falling visit numbers in England. (See the Daily Telegraph, the BBC and ITV’s Meridian News.)
You can also see plenty of comment, including from Tim Coates, on Mumsnet Talk. And on BBC Radio 4 next Tuesday at 9.00 am Quentin Letts will be talking to Coates, Andrew Motion and Ed Vaizey on “What’s the point of the public library?”
And also a good piece in the Guardian yesterday by John Harris: “Libraries need investment to thrive” http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/24/libraries-need-investment-thrive