Rumblings have started in Camden’s library users group (CPLUG), questioning Liberal Democrat libraries policies.
Alan Templeton, CPLUG leader complains in the Camden New Journal of the “closure of libraries by stealth” as new figures show that between 2006 and March 2007 more than 35,000 books in Camden libraries were sold off or thrown away by the Town Hall.
The Good Libraries blog noted Mr. Templeton's comments:
“The Councillor in question, Flick Rea, is a very nice lady well known in the area and an excellent ward councillor, but since being elevated not only to responsibility for libraries in Camden, but also to the London Libraries Development Agency, has not shown the courage that is needed to face the issues in her own council .. She needs strong support and some more steel in her approach…”
Templeton’s letter didn’t get a response from the politician accountable for this decline – but the libraries officer. Templeton responded by a Camden New Journal Forum piece.
Still no sign of the a response from elected politicians on his concerns.
Wednesday 3 September 2008
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