Monday, December 18, 2006

Over in Camden Library users are demanding the council spend more of the library budget on books.

Alan Templeton, chairman of Camden Library Users Group (CPLUG), told its annual meeting at Belsize Library that in the past year just under £380,000 is estimated to have been spent on books, out of the borough’s estimated £7.6 million libraries budget. Mr Templeton said: "Camden spent five per cent of its budget on books – the national average is nine per cent."

the best quote though, which should win some award, is the next paragraph:

"Almost 21 per cent of Camden’s budget goes on support services but what are they? We don’t know. Something is very wrong there and we need to take it further. There’s a possibility of transferring money from support services."

Obviously, if Mr Templeton doesn't know what something is then it can be shut down with no adverse effect on the service.

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