Today I learnt that cuts in public library services may be unlawful. Voices for the Library has published in full on its website a letter to The Times from Francis Bennion, the barrister who drafted the Bill that became the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964.
Bennion maintains that the reduction in public library services may be unlawful if library authorities are not fulfilling their obligation under the Act to “provide a comprehensive and efficient library service for all persons . . . whose residence or place of work is within the library area of the authority or who are undergoing full-time education within that area”.
This is fascinating. Check it out on the Voices for the Library website:
http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/wordpress/?p=2017
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