The debate over public libraries, which crosses my mind from time to time for some reason, has thrown up some interesting comments on the web. As Brent is still in the middle of its own judicial review on the subject, I will forebear to comment for the moment, but others may be interested in this post from welovelocalgovernment. It covers not jut libraries but also the (in)advisability of using the judicial process to make political decisions.
There is also an interesting discussion on Voices for the Library here. The comments thread appears to include a number of comments from Brent's own litigant community, including on the viability of volunteer run libraries (which is one of their main grounds of challenge).
Finally, our own head librarian wrote to the Times some time ago pleading for libraries to be seen as a modern service, not just a throwback to childhood memories.
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