Library clears its shelves in protest at closure threat

[wellinghall]

"Users urged to take out full allowance of library books in campaign to keep Stony Stratford branch open"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jan/14/stony-stratford-library-shelves-protest
via http://www.boingboing.net/

Comments

[pellegrina.livejournal.com]

I can just see the next stage: "We are closing the library because the choice of stock on the shelves is so poor, look - empty shelves". When usage drops because people who used local branches cannot easily get to those that remain, they will then use this as "evidence" that people don't use libraries any more because they have the internet.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Has anyone ever told you how depressing realistic you are?

[pellegrina.livejournal.com]

Um..... I learned from a master (http://malaheed.livejournal.com)?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

We are not worthy ...

[malaheed.livejournal.com]

I'm used to that. But don't worry. I forgive you mortals your failings.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Hmm ...

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Nice campaigning use of social media, will be interesting to see what the reaction is.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I shall be following it with interest, through my friends in the area.

[jane-somebody.livejournal.com]

I wish that story had had an actual photo of Stony library sans books, since creating that fairly dramatic image was part of the point of the campaign (in order to drive home the more central point), rather than a boring stock photo of the kind of library stamp no-one uses anymore, which just plays into the idea of libraries being obsolete in this internet-enabled era :-(

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Indeed :-(