“Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in which you do not have to buy anything in order to stay.” Zadie Smith

terça-feira, 19 de outubro de 2010

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Whitechapel public library, closed in 2005. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian
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Campaigners are appealing to defend the service from coming local authority cuts that one lobbyist claimed could close as many as 1,000 libraries. 

An urgent message to local authority chiefs about the value of the public library service has gone out today from a coalition of authors, publishers, librarians, library campaigners and booksellers.
The unprecedented joint initiative – bringing together groups that are frequently found on opposing sides of the debate on libraries – has been timed to coincide with tomorrow's comprehensive spending review announcements, widely expected to put major pressure on libraries as cash-strapped councils look for cuts in the face of slashed budgets.
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