Libraries missing in action

The excellent Tim Coates is continuing his informed invective about the UK library system.

His weblog is well worth a visit. Read about Bloggington-on-Sea from the perspective of some pesky Italians of 2000 years ago.

Organisations that could have helped the library services, but seemed to do nothing except draw salaries for their staffs, are being closed down. Will Ken save the day? Unlikely in my view, if not an opinion shared by some people in Bloggington-on-Sea.

Here is an informative take, from the library perspective, on the recent local elections in the UK.

(If you do not know who Ken is, here is an explanation.)

Long live Mr Coates, who obviously ought to be running not just the UK's libraries, but the world's.