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Friday 10 July 2009

Have your say about local libraries

Libraries are important places in our communities. Through them, residents have access to: books and information; culture and leisure activities for people of all ages; and opportunities to improve their level of basic skills in areas like English and ICT all within a neutral, local setting.

Around 20% of people in Redbridge regularly borrow items from libraries. An improvement plan is being written to establish what else can be done to encourage all residents to use and benefit from library services.

To make sure the ideas in the plan and the services and resources libraries provide are relevant to Redbridge’s diverse communities, Redbridge Council need to hear our ideas on how libraries should be improved. We can highlight the top three things we’d like to see in our local libraries as part of a new consultation to help shape future library improvements.

The consultation runs until 31 August and forms part of the development of a Library Improvement Plan for Redbridge which will outline how libraries in the Borough will develop to ensure people continue to visit and value them in the future.

Cllr Alan Weinberg, Cabinet Member for Leisure, said, “Our libraries are very well used and offer a high quality range of books and other services to residents but it is important for us to make sure we continue to improve our libraries in the future, to ensure they are able to support the borough’s diverse communities. I would encourage people to tell us what they’d like to see improve in their local library.”

Residents are being asked for their top three priorities for libraries as well as any other suggestions or comments which could improve the service. All responses will be considered and fed into the Improvement Plan to be published later this year.

The consultation leaflet will be available in all of the Borough’s libraries from next week and can be completed online now at Redbridge i.

Click here for information on the Take Action for Seven Kings campaign for a static library in Seven Kings.

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