Thanks to library campaigner Alan Wylie for the following link. It certainly puts the risks of library privatisation in perspective.
http://www.calaborfed.org/userfiles/doc/2011/blog/LibraryPrivatizations.pdf
Is this really a risk worth taking?
With Croydon Labour already threatening to cancel the JLIS deal and with Croydon Conservatives potentially only having a year left in control, the fall out from this deal on the taxpayer is potentially enormous.
This will affect us all – library user, library supporter or not.
Surely it is time to pause for thought or we may all be paying the price for an ill-considered decision for years to come.