LETRA attended the H&F Cabinet meeting last night, at the Town Hall, although nothing concrete was mentioned about the library at Barons Court during the meeting, Cllr. Joe Carlebach related afterwards, that they were searching for funding for it to continue at the current site.
Today, after speaking to Cllr Robert Iggulden, it now appears the situation regarding the library’s future is changing. The facility will no longer run by the library service. Instead, Cllr Greg Smith, Cabinet Member for Residents Services, has proposed funding through the Education Services budget. Avonmore School has provisionally agreed to take over the running of the library in the building.
This would not just be a children’s service, adult sections will remain. All this is at an early stage of development and no firm proposals have been decided on - as to what hours or how many of the library's resources can be maintained.
If H&F stick with these proposals, we may still have some sort of library service at Barons Court. Let's hope so.
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