Friday 31 October 2008

the cyber mob rules

has anyone been to the 'reading' room in the llandrindod branch of powys library services lately?
over the last couple of weeks the pc terminals within the 'reading' room have increased to a total of eight and now occupy the central round table and the long table next to the photocopier,which used to be the designated study area that must of been supported as part of powys' commitment to lifelong learning and education.
it seems the mob rule as the library service has catered for the internet surfers needs but in doing so have marginalised the readers of the dailys,weeklys and the periodicals as well as the students.
howfar are pcc library service going to go?
if the demand is great enough and we all know that IT is where we have all been forced to go to recieve welfare benefits and to pay our direct debits,will they eventually get rid of all the books and turn the branch into a cyber cafe.

1 comment:

David Peter said...

Not so much a comment as an apology. I inadvertently deleted your most recent comment regarding Gary. I am willing to publish it if you can resend it.
Regards,
David Peter