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IOW council leader to speak at Library Inquiry

08.02.12 | Benedicte Page

David Pugh, council leader at the Isle of Wight, will be among those giving evidence at the second session of the culture, media and sport select committee inquiry into library closures, to be held on Tuesday 21st February. 

Five of the IOW's 11 libraries have been moved into volunteer-running in a controversial move which has incurred strong local opposition from campaigners.

Elizabeth Campbell, cabinet member for libraries at the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and Nigel Thomas, head of libraries at Leicester county council, will also give oral evidence to the committee.

Arts Council chief executive Alan Davey and Annie Mauger, chief executive of The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, are the other speakers for the evidence session. 

Yesterday's opening session saw public policy consultant Sue Charteris telling the inquiry that Hillingdon had been "a fantastic success" and that the triborough library project run in London is "a model" for the service to follow, but warning that local authorities need "a great deal more encouragement and incentivisation from the Secretary of State, the Arts Council and the Local Government Group" to move quickly on borough co-operation.

"I'm worried about the timeline," Charteris said. "People are choosing to make cuts in the service because they think they haven't time to make more strategic cuts."

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By Janet

What about the public and library members giving some form of evidence
Many of the people who hve been called are those responible for closures as far as I can see

Wed, 08/02/2012 - 15:25

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