Comments on: Libraries, again: some questions http://yorkstories.co.uk/libraries-again-some-questions/ A resident's record of York and its changes Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:45:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Mallory http://yorkstories.co.uk/libraries-again-some-questions/#comment-221 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:59:35 +0000 #comment-221 baffling press release… i dont want an ‘innovative’ library, i just want a library full of, you know, books, and information, knowledge….

“Libraries: The medicine chest of the soul” – inscription over the door at the Library at Thebes

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need”. – Cicero

somehow, we’ve forgotton this…

]]> By: YorkStories http://yorkstories.co.uk/libraries-again-some-questions/#comment-220 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:58:31 +0000 #comment-220 Press release from york.gov.uk : http://bit.ly/14r8oL5

“We need to be fast-paced and responsive, able to innovate at speed, focussing on our business objectives.”

I’d stopped worrying so much about the future of libraries, but am now worrying about them again, having read the above. Good luck Mallory, but I fear protests will go unheard …

]]> By: Mallory http://yorkstories.co.uk/libraries-again-some-questions/#comment-219 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:57:41 +0000 #comment-219 Thankyou for bringing the possible demise of the libraries in York to my attention.. Tbh, i’m shocked that this is even on the agenda.

You’ve motivated to contact my Councillors about this, to register my thoughts, lets hope I can have some influence……

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