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Originally Posted by Atarah
Oh deary me. Am putting this topic here in History, its sad, really sad.
Have just been informed that "according to the powers that be", people don't use reference books any more and should all be using the Internet. Therefore nearly all the ref books are to go and in most libraries in Lancs they already have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (what have they done with them I would like to know?). The lass in Accrington Library (upstairs) is mounting a one woman campaign and has tried to dig her heels in. They are actually being allowed to keep some stuff and the lady is putting as much as possible into local studies. Just imagine if they decided to do that at some point in the future - destroy the local history books too!
Was this common knowledge? I certainly hadnt heard a whisper! Worrying, very worrying!
Atarah
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I was there the day they were clearing some of the shelves. I was informed that as more and more stuff came on line on the internet, the books were'nt needed.
I stuck my oar in and questioned the need to get rid of the books, as they had already been purchased, what was wrong in keeping them. I can already see the long term reasoning behind all this, the powers that be will say no one comes in to borrow books any more, why do we need to keep the place open.
Accrington's reference Library & Local studies is already undermanned.
To me its a shame books are being destroyed, most of the so called crap on the internet, has so many variations. Every idiot wants to swank, "I have a web site", even if the stuff has never been authenticated, and contains a lot of misinformation.
Then other idiots will pass on this misinformation as gospel.
Retlaw.