We are opposed to the proposed reduction in library services in Camden, whether this be in the form of reduced opening hours, outsourcing, cuts in paid staffing or library closures.
The required £800K cut is relatively small. Yet this small saving would do massive and irreversible damage to Camden’s library service.
We consider libraries to have a unique and vital role in supporting literacy and learning, and in providing information and on-line access. Libraries are also the hub of our communities and the loss of local services would inevitably lead to a reduction in community cohesion and an increase in individual isolation. This in turn would impact on other already over-stretched and threatened voluntary and public services.
We call upon councillors to look at the true cost of reducing Camden’s library services and to re- consider the £800,000 budget cut.
Updates
September 24, 2015
The feedback from local library users has been overwhelming. I am currently working on a formal letter to present our concerns directly to the council.
11 Comments
The effects of short-sighted cuts will be difficult to reverse. Just look to Croydon to see the devastating effect of privatisation on a library service.
Councillors, especially Labour ones, need to start seeing cuts to libraries as a false economy: the cuts are easy to make but the long-term consequences could be disastrous.
Libraries are a very important public resource. They are vital for the education and edification of the people.
The proposals for cuts are too vague and badly thought through.
libraries must be saved, for the sake of the community needing their essential hubs, perfect for council services and sourcing information.
Camden's residents need their public libraries
Libraries are the hub of a community and bring so much to so many. Don't close them.
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We are opposed to the proposed reduction in library services in Camden, whether this be in the form of reduced opening hours, outsourcing, cuts in paid staffing or library closures.
The required £800K cut is relatively small. Yet this small saving would do massive and irreversible damage to Camden’s library service.
We consider libraries to have a unique and vital role in supporting literacy and learning, and in providing information and on-line access. Libraries are also the hub of our communities and the loss of local services would inevitably lead to a reduction in community cohesion and an increase in individual isolation. This in turn would impact on other already over-stretched and threatened voluntary and public services.
We call upon councillors to look at the true cost of reducing Camden’s library services and to re- consider the £800,000 budget cut.
Updates
September 24, 2015
The feedback from local library users has been overwhelming. I am currently working on a formal letter to present our concerns directly to the council.
11 Comments
It is no exaggeration that public libraries saved my life growing up on the Cape Flats, South Africa. I'm sure they offer the same lifeline to deprived communities in London. Melanie, London, UK
The effects of short-sighted cuts will be difficult to reverse. Just look to Croydon to see the devastating effect of privatisation on a library service.
Councillors, especially Labour ones, need to start seeing cuts to libraries as a false economy: the cuts are easy to make but the long-term consequences could be disastrous.
Libraries are a very important public resource. They are vital for the education and edification of the people.
The proposals for cuts are too vague and badly thought through.
libraries must be saved, for the sake of the community needing their essential hubs, perfect for council services and sourcing information.
Camden's residents need their public libraries
Libraries are the hub of a community and bring so much to so many. Don't close them.
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It is no exaggeration that public libraries saved my life growing up on the Cape Flats, South Africa. I'm sure they offer the same lifeline to deprived communities in London. Melanie, London, UK