27-09-2020 17:45 via publiclibrariesnews.com

Not a good time to be down by two-thirds? Kent and Stockport

EditorialThe BookSeller have published an interesting article on library usage, pointing out that it is only at one-fifth to one-third of pre-covid levels. There are many reasons for this situation, some of which are listed below, but it’s still a worrying statistic to be made public at a time when councils are looking for ways to save money:much usage has moved online. On the other hand, while such usage is often larger than any single physical library branch, it won’t account for a
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