My local library was going to be demolished and the Council were going to use the proceeds of the sale of the land to build a new one. Until people pointed out that it was pretty much the only one left in the area where people could get online for free and the plan would leave a gap of unknown length (parts of the plan involve sites that have been in planning limbo since 2008) until a new one was available.
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Transcendant@lemmy.world 8 months agoYeah I was going to say, most libraries have free internet that you just have to register to use (my current library even has a few workstations for unregistered), then remembered how many libraries have closed due to funding cuts imposed on councils by the tories.
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Borkingheck@lemmy.world 8 months ago
My local library has signs up asking us to use the services as much as possible. Everything is recorded for budget reasons. They can justify there place if they can show we have x visitors for y.
Why are they doing this? So the council can decide which library is under performing so it can be closed so people can go to the big library in the city centre.
It’s a terrible plan.
Transcendant@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That’s disgraceful. Got to feel for the people working there, knowing that their jobs are on the line with pretty much no control over the outcome.