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| ====== Independent Library Report for England ["Sieghart Review"] 2014 ====== | ====== Independent Library Report for England ["Sieghart Review"] 2014 ====== | ||
| - | Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. 18 December 2014 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388989/Independent_Library_Report-_18_December.pdf | + | Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. 18 December 2014 [[https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388989/Independent_Library_Report-_18_December.pdf|https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388989/Independent_Library_Report-_18_December.pdf]] |
| "The public library service in England is at a crossroads.For 150 years, library services have been run by local government, with oversight from central government. Libraries already deliver a wide range of facilities and services within local communities, and, given sharply reducing budgets, and changing needs, there are keen concerns about continuing to provide these vital functions.Many local authorities are delivering impressive and comprehensive library services. Their delivery and management is innovative as well as excellent. The need now is to build on and extend those practices to benefit every library in the country.Central government therefore commissioned me, with the help of my advisory panel –Sue Charteris, Janene Cox, Luke Johnson, Roly Keating, Caroline Michel, Stephen Page and Joanna Trollope –to investigate how the public library system could best work, in the future". | "The public library service in England is at a crossroads.For 150 years, library services have been run by local government, with oversight from central government. Libraries already deliver a wide range of facilities and services within local communities, and, given sharply reducing budgets, and changing needs, there are keen concerns about continuing to provide these vital functions.Many local authorities are delivering impressive and comprehensive library services. Their delivery and management is innovative as well as excellent. The need now is to build on and extend those practices to benefit every library in the country.Central government therefore commissioned me, with the help of my advisory panel –Sue Charteris, Janene Cox, Luke Johnson, Roly Keating, Caroline Michel, Stephen Page and Joanna Trollope –to investigate how the public library system could best work, in the future". | ||
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| //"Many of our members have long standing relationships with library services– hosting publicly managed libraries in community buildings (e.g. Zest, Sheffield),taking ownership of library assets and securing capital investment to help upgrade public libraries (e.g. Prudhoe Community Partnership, Northumberland), taking over the management of library services (e.g. Alt Valley Community Trust, Liverpool), or calling for the establishment of new libraries and managing them on a contractual basis (e.g. Fresh Horizons, Huddersfield). However, three years ago, we began to receive requests for support as local library branches came under threat of closure and the option of community ownership/management became apparent. So, we opted to work in-depth with 10 local authorities and 50+ community groups to establish a dedicated community managed library network which nowadays benefits from over 250 members:"// | //"Many of our members have long standing relationships with library services– hosting publicly managed libraries in community buildings (e.g. Zest, Sheffield),taking ownership of library assets and securing capital investment to help upgrade public libraries (e.g. Prudhoe Community Partnership, Northumberland), taking over the management of library services (e.g. Alt Valley Community Trust, Liverpool), or calling for the establishment of new libraries and managing them on a contractual basis (e.g. Fresh Horizons, Huddersfield). However, three years ago, we began to receive requests for support as local library branches came under threat of closure and the option of community ownership/management became apparent. So, we opted to work in-depth with 10 local authorities and 50+ community groups to establish a dedicated community managed library network which nowadays benefits from over 250 members:"// | ||
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| - | [[http://libraries.communityknowledgehub.org.uk|http://libraries.communityknowledgehub.org.uk]] | ||
| {{:locality-response-to-sieghart-commission_march2014.pdf|locality-response-to-sieghart-commission_march2014.pdf}} | {{:locality-response-to-sieghart-commission_march2014.pdf|locality-response-to-sieghart-commission_march2014.pdf}} | ||
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| "The sector urgently needs rationalising and simplifying. too many authorities, with too many different standards of service. One large Library Supremo management would have advantages in savings in procurement, not only materials but IT etc., central management and specialised services" | "The sector urgently needs rationalising and simplifying. too many authorities, with too many different standards of service. One large Library Supremo management would have advantages in savings in procurement, not only materials but IT etc., central management and specialised services" | ||
| - | {{:seighart_review_on_public_libraries_frances_hendrix_march2014pdf.pdf|seighart_review_on_public_libraries_frances_hendrix_march2014pdf.pdf}} | + | seighart_review_on_public_libraries_frances_hendrix_march2014pdf.pdf [no longer accessible] |
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| (many thanks to Frances Hendrix who posted most of these on the [[https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=lis-pub-libs|LIS-PUB-LIBS ]]discussion list) | (many thanks to Frances Hendrix who posted most of these on the [[https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=lis-pub-libs|LIS-PUB-LIBS ]]discussion list) | ||
| - | [[http://leonslibraryblog.com/2014/03/22/sieghart-or-jumping-through-hoops/|Leon's Library Blog : 22nd March]] | + | Leon's Library Blog : 22nd March [no longer accessible] |
| Sieghart…or jumping through hoops! So it will be interesting to see if Sieghart does indeed produce an independent narrative or if, as I suspect, this is just another fudged report exploited by the DCMS to justify and extend the use of volunteer run libraries. | Sieghart…or jumping through hoops! So it will be interesting to see if Sieghart does indeed produce an independent narrative or if, as I suspect, this is just another fudged report exploited by the DCMS to justify and extend the use of volunteer run libraries. | ||
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| **THE BOOKSELLER** : 21st March | **THE BOOKSELLER** : 21st March | ||
| - | [[http://www.thebookseller.com/news/sieghart-submissions-highlight-library-lottery.html|Sieghart submissions highlight library 'lottery']] | + | Sieghart submissions highlight library 'lottery' [no longer accessible] |
| **Public Policy Exchange** | **Public Policy Exchange** | ||
| - | [[http://www.publicpolicyexchange.co.uk/events/EF03-PPE|The Future of Local Libraries and Cultural Services]] - Tuesday 3rd June | + | The Future of Local Libraries and Cultural Services - Tuesday 3rd June [no longer accessible] |
| This special symposium provides an invaluable opportunity for local authorities, government departments, the library sector, shared services teams and other key partners to examine the Government’s latest policy initiatives and explore how libraries can remain a vital local resource in the 21st Century – innovating and adapting to deliver a whole range of services. | This special symposium provides an invaluable opportunity for local authorities, government departments, the library sector, shared services teams and other key partners to examine the Government’s latest policy initiatives and explore how libraries can remain a vital local resource in the 21st Century – innovating and adapting to deliver a whole range of services. | ||
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