tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949346689589512096.post4786467767746975002..comments2022-11-19T08:56:36.324+00:00Comments on Sintoblog: Speaking up for librariesCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570219492362089436noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949346689589512096.post-9207358239646032842011-10-05T13:08:17.470+01:002011-10-05T13:08:17.470+01:00Hi Carl,
The issue in Doncaster is a specific one...Hi Carl,<br /><br />The issue in Doncaster is a specific one - there wasn't anyone IN the library service to do any advocating for it for several years - no library manager, and only a couple of qualified members of staff, working in bibliographic services. There now is a manager, but he's been ordered to deliver this package of cuts - there's no way he can say "hey but Mr. Mayor, don't you know this is a bad idea?"<br /><br />So, Annie Mauger tried in her report last year, CILIP tried in the interview yesterday, and Save Doncaster Libraries have been trying for over a year to explain to the Mayor why it's vital to have a proper library service with proper staff to do all the things that librarians do. <br /><br />There's only so much you can do when the leader of the council is an ignorant man with an abhorrent worldview. He sure as heck isn't listening to us madcap librarians with our mysterious ideas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com