When we’ve read our weeklies - the New Scientist and The Week - we give them to the local library. They are very grateful, as their grants have been severely cut so they can’t offer them to readers anymore. Our mags go first to Ilminster library, which then passes them on to Chard, Crewkerne and South Petherton.
Better than the recycling bin.
Please share/forward!
There are probably many ways to help keep libraries open.
A few years ago, when our local libraries were pencilled in for cutbacks/possible closure, the government's backed people's network installed computers for free access! This has really taken off big time, i.e. quite often there are queues even though there could be as many as 15 computers in a room. 1 hour is allotted.
When we’ve read our weeklies - the New Scientist and The Week - we give them to the local library. They are very grateful, as their grants have been severely cut so they can’t offer them to readers anymore. Our mags go first to Ilminster library, which then passes them on to Chard, Crewkerne and South Petherton.
Better than the recycling bin.
Please share/forward!
Not all libraries are allowed to take donated reading matter.
Another way to help keep libraries going might be to be a volunteer there. Some libraries are
asking for volunteers.
When I posted this to another forum ("Down the Lane"), someone replied:
I just found out last week that our library takes book donations. The decent ones are catalogued and put on the shelves. The tatty ones are sold on to a paper reclamation business and will be turned into paper. An income for the library!
Good idea! I wonder if other libraries do it that way? Hers is in North Lincs.