tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54005778207806063112024-03-14T03:55:07.347+00:00UNISON East Midlands BlogUNISON East Midlands Standing Up for Public Services: Protecting Jobs, Promoting Equality and Campaigning for a Fairer Society.UNISON (East Midlands)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11559172573303056945noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400577820780606311.post-71651425196774584762015-02-06T15:24:00.000+00:002015-02-06T16:09:30.750+00:00It’s Not Just About Books: The Golden Thread of Libraries. National Libraries Day Saturday 7th February.<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That libraries are not just about loaning books is a
fact clearly recognised in the recent Independent Library Report for England, undertaken
on behalf of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">William
Sieghart,</span> the report’s author, underlined the library’s importance to
local communities:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“It [the library service] underpins every community. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not just a place for self-improvement,
but the supplier of an infrastructure for life and learning, from babies to old
age, offering support, help, education, and encouraging a love of reading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether you wish to apply for a job, or seek
housing benefit, or understand your pension rights or the health solutions
available to you, or learn to read, the library can assist.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A significant
proportion of the population use the library services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the year to September 2014, 34.8 per cent
of adults reported visiting a library.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When actual visits to a library <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">and<b>
</b></span>digital visits to a library website are combined 38.9 per cent of
adults had engaged with the library sector in some way in the last year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Patterns of library attendance reveal
the library service attracts the public in some groups more than others. </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Between September 2013 and October 2014:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Library usage was consistently higher
amongst women than men (39.8 per cent for women compared to 29.5 per cent for
men)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Adults in upper socio-economic groups
had a higher rate of library attendance than people in lower socio-economic
groups (36.0% compared to 31.0%)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Adults between 25 and 44 years old
had higher rates of library attendance (40.5%) than adults in all other age
groups</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Adults who were not working had
higher rates of library attendance than those who were working (37.6% compared
to 32.9%)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Adults with no limiting disability
had higher rates of library attendance than those with a limiting disability
(35.7% compared to 32.6%)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Adults from black and minority ethnic
(BME) groups had higher rates of library attendance then adults from the white
group (46.5% compared to 33.3%)</span></li>
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<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Society of Chief Librarians which
leads and manages public libraries in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
identifies four key areas integral to the role of public libraries:</span></span></div>
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<li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Health: </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">to contribute to the positive health and
well-being of local communities</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Information:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to support people to access information and
services online in life-critical areas such as careers and job seeking; health,
personal financial information and benefits:</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Digital: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to develop use of digital services, skills and
access</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reading: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to develop, deliver and promote reading</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">These key areas
have evolved as the library service has evolved and continues to evolve as
society develops over time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Currently
in development is a fifth area focused on learning.<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">National Libraries Day on Saturday 7 February
is an opportunity for library users young and old, regular visitors and those
new or lapsed to the service to see and experience these key areas at first
hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>February 7<sup>th</sup> is the first
day of a week-long celebration of the work of our libraries with events and
activities being hosted in libraries up and down the country.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This
celebratory week of library service must not be seen in isolation but as part
of a longer successful library history that has for the last 150 years been run
by local government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Sieghart report
describes libraries as the “golden thread throughout our lives”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this sense this valuable service has
touched upon the life of us as individuals and the life of the community for
generations.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sieghart’s description
of golden thread is both a fond reminder of Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two
Cities, a novel many will have first encountered at school but it is also a
constant refrain of David Cameron.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Prime Minister has repeatedly used the term “golden thread” in connection with
development in tackling poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Owen
Barder in his blog for the Guardian points to a speech in 2005 in which David
Cameron outlined his definition of the golden thread as economic
empowerment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This economic empowerment
is as Owen Barder describes “about enabling society to evolve and change more
rapidly and more fairly”.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The golden thread of the library service is its role
to continually develop and empower individuals and communities alike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Sieghart report points to the fact that
at least 20% of the population have no digital technology at home and far more
of the population do not understand how to get the most out of the technology
they do have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case the library service
plays an important in tackling this skills poverty. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As
pressure on local authorities continues to grow to cut budgets to the bone
library services are a soft target for some politicians stuck with an outdated
and stereotypical view of libraries being solely about books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>UNISON expects some 936 libraries, out of the
4,265 across the country we had in 2010, to be closed - or handed to volunteers
to run - by 2015.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cutting library
services will remove one of the very tools needed to develop and empower
communities to build a stronger and fairer society.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Sieghart
says “[it is the]</span> fervent belief among the [independent report] panel
members that the future of libraries as community hubs is essential for the
well-being of the nation.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">utting library services will cut the
golden thread to communities.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.nationallibrariesday\.org\.uk\/\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><b><span style="color: #43165e; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.nationallibrariesday\.org\.uk\/\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><b><span style="color: #43165e; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">National Libraries Day</span></b></span><span style="color: #555555; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To find out
more about National Libraries Day follow the link<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nationallibrariesday.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.nationallibrariesday.org.uk/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Find out more
about your local East Midlands libraries by visiting the links below:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.derby.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/libraries/" target="_blank">http://www.derby.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/libraries/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/" target="_blank">http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.leicester.gov.uk/libraries.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.leicester.gov.uk/libraries.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.leics.gov.uk/libraries/" target="_blank">http://www.leics.gov.uk/libraries/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/residents/discover-libraries/" target="_blank">http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/residents/discover-libraries/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/en/councilservices/leisure/libraries/pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/en/councilservices/leisure/libraries/pages/default.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/libraries" target="_blank">http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/libraries</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/learning/libraries" target="_blank">http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/learning/libraries</a>/<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Notes:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To find the
Independent Report on Public Libraries in England undertaken for the Department
for Culture, Media and Sport follow the link:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388989/Independent_Library_Report-_18_December.pdf">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388989/Independent_Library_Report-_18_December.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Quarterly
Statistical Report for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport can be found
here:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387592/Taking_Part_2014_15_Quarter_2_Report.pdf">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387592/Taking_Part_2014_15_Quarter_2_Report.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Society for
Chief Librarian’s four key areas can be found here:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.goscl.com/universal-offers/about-universal-offers/" target="_blank">http://www.goscl.com/universal-offers/about-universal-offers/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Guardian
Article on David Cameron’s use of “golden thread” can be found here:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/jan/22/david-cameron-golden-thread-mps" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/jan/22/david-cameron-golden-thread-mps</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To Read More
about Owen Barder’s blog in the Guardian follow the link<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/aug/27/david-cameron-development-theory-convenient">http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/aug/27/david-cameron-development-theory-convenient</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The UNISON
article on cuts to libraries can be found here:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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