By lobbying councillors, the Council Leader, Library Services Director and articles like the following in the Wakefield Express
E-petition to help save village library
AN author has launched a campaign to save his village library.
Wakefield Council will meet at the end of the month to determine the future of Crofton Community library.
The library - which serves 6,000 people and four schools - could be axed as part of a council savings review of more than half a million pounds.
And now author and Crofton resident Jonathan Pile wanst people to invites people to sign an e-petition to save the library from clousres
Mr Pile said: “This is one of the most well loved, best run and cost effective local libraries in the country.
“As a local author - I have personally found the library a brilliant local hub of information which I feel the community will sadly miss.”
The petition has already been backed and signed by all of Crofton’s local councillors.
Mr Pile said: “Hopefully the library will be saved but we want to get as many people to sign the petition as possible.”
The library - which serves 6,000 people and four schools - could be axed as part of a council savings review of more than half a million pounds.
And now author and Crofton resident Jonathan Pile wanst people to invites people to sign an e-petition to save the library from clousres
Mr Pile said: “This is one of the most well loved, best run and cost effective local libraries in the country.
“As a local author - I have personally found the library a brilliant local hub of information which I feel the community will sadly miss.”
The petition has already been backed and signed by all of Crofton’s local councillors.
Mr Pile said: “Hopefully the library will be saved but we want to get as many people to sign the petition as possible.”
So far we have achieved the following:
- All of our local Councilors have signed the online petition to save the Library
- Crofton Councillor Maureen Cummings has committed herself to keep the Library open
- Lisa Mayne Dodd - Wakefield Service Director for Culture and Sport has told FOCL that " I would like to reassure you that at the present time there are no proposals to close any libraries in Wakefield. It is true that there is a proposal that the Council cease to run certain facilities within the District but not library services per se, and we are seeking to find alternative service solutions within those areas which meet the needs of those individual communities.Organisations have already shown interest in potentially delivering services themselves, and it may be that some of these organisations take over the running of libraries or offer library provision in another location. Alternatively the consultation among the broader public may highlight a preference for other types of services, such as mobile provision, a network of pick up and drop off points, a paid for home delivery service, and e-reader and e-book loan service, to name but a few.
- So far Councillors have said in cryptic terms what they are not going to do, we will only find out what they intend to do on JULY 23rd when the Library Report will be made but other Libraries feel equally threatened including Allwoodley Library
- Decision Day will be on July 31st - but councillors will be voting on the Future of Crofton Library in the knowledge that the whole of Crofton is aware of the threat to Library Services.
Reading between the lines - Wakefield Council may be considering the privatisation of the Library Services at Crofton and elsewhere - which is something which has happened elsewhere in the UK with a corresponding loss of public service.
VOTE TO SAVE THE LIBRARY
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