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| Barons Court Library - 10th July 1965 to 31st March 2011 - R. I. P. |
Hammersmith & Fulham Council have published their proposals for the library service, there are some benefits for other libraries, but after reading the LIBRARY STRATEGY 2009-2014 UPDATE, this does not look like good news for Barons Court.
H&F is to "End the council run facility at Barons Court Library from March 31st 2011" there is no real firm promise that the new 'volunteer run' service by Avonmore Primary School will take place or work as a fully functioning library when tried " If there is to be no gap.... when the council run facility at Barons Court Library ceases."
There are other organisations mentioned, the Citizens Advice
Bureau and Hammersmith & West London college, but no
guarantee they want to run a library service, or that "the
volunteer model of service delivery," will be capable of doing so.
Does Avonmore Primary School want, or have the money to, run a full adult library service? What will the opening hours be; will the present book catalogue remain (who will pay for new books); is there going to be a newspaper and periodical section; a reference section or computer access?
H&F have again sprung this proposal at the start of a holiday, as
they did with the initial consultation period and have
given opponents very little time to organize against this.
they did with the initial consultation period and have
given opponents very little time to organize against this.
The decision on these proposals will be taken at the next Cabinet meeting on Monday 10th January.
The proposals do not provide for the Barons Court library we campaigned to maintain or even try to continue it as a recognisably full library.
The Barons Court Library we know will close on Thursday 31st March 2011.
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