tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670199671433129089.post6266842297975154780..comments2023-09-09T13:21:50.550+01:00Comments on The Tales of Missus P.: The Tuesday SevenSuzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07337839645455551325noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670199671433129089.post-23063601036798799182012-07-12T18:58:07.339+01:002012-07-12T18:58:07.339+01:00Thank you so much.
I'm glad to know that Amer...Thank you so much. <br />I'm glad to know that Americans *are* getting library jobs around here. I'll just have to hang in there until the right one comes my way.<br />It's a shame that the council only sees numbers instead of measuring how valuable a library is to its locals. <br />Haha, your daughter knows you well, huh? :-)Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337839645455551325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670199671433129089.post-28818962030486539662012-07-11T08:04:58.034+01:002012-07-11T08:04:58.034+01:00Suzanne, good luck with the doctor and with the jo...Suzanne, good luck with the doctor and with the job interview - I was at one of our local libraries yesterday and the lady who works there is American!<br /><br />It's a wonderful local village library, a very important resource - especially for the older people in the village - but it's threatened with closure because it's now sandwiched between 2 brand new libraries, each about 6 miles away, and the council measures success only in terms of numbers of books borrowed. The library lady told me that many people just come in for a chat and to read the newspapers - what's wrong with that? It can't cost that much to run, it's a very small library in a building used for other things too. <br /><br />Unfortunately, she said that although whenever it's been threatened in the past, the village has run a big campaign to keep it open, the majority of the younger residents never use it - they just want to see it there. They seem to prefer to buy books from Amazon, Tesco or wherever. I think this is just terrible - the library offers so much more, and having been taken to mine by my mother as a child (and subsequently having taken my own 3 children, all of whom are now teenagers) I have discovered things I never would have even thought of. Libraries give you the opportunity to browse, and to come across all sorts of fascinating books. And the librarians are rather better informed than someone on the checkout at the supermarket. Yesterday mine told me that Alexander McCall Smith is living part of the year in a village only 5 mins from my house! (Daughter immediately said "DO NOT stalk him" :) :)<br /><br />Anyway, I digress - but good luck - keep us informed.<br /><br />RosemaryRosemary Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284340669326721343noreply@blogger.com