Richard Ovenden: Our libraries are on borrowed time
Baroness Twycross: 175 Years since the Public Libraries Act
Earlier this week, I was privileged to be at the reopening of the library in Muswell Hill. The refurbishment is part of a £4.9 million investment in their library estate by the London Borough of Haringey. One person, who used the library as a child, described the reopening as a ‘homecoming’ and there was a […]
The Bookseller: Libraries are crucial to the UK’s success
One hundred and seventy five years ago, the UK parliament passed the first Public Libraries Act, establishing the principle that every community deserved free access to books and learning. What was important 175 years ago remains important today – that public libraries provide free access to endless worlds of knowledge, imagination and opportunity. As we […]