Like to put a spoke in Lambeth’s plan to sell off historic public library buildings like the Durning and the Tate South Lambeth and either move the libraries themselves to or merge them in some dreary municipal ‘space’? You have until 12 January to post or email your point of view on the value of your library to the Parliamentary Select Committee on library closures.
An invitation from Friends of Tate South Lambeth Library to attend a talk given by Ferrous Auger about the history of Brunswick House. Brunswick House Lassco is a Georgian townhouse in the middle of the gyratory system in Vauxhall. In the eighteenth century Brunswick House (originally Belmont House) stood in five and half acres of parkland with its own jetty and a handsome frontage. Now some two and half centuries later it casts a rueful glance at five lanes...
Reaction to the Libraries Commission report (read it here: http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/moderngov/ieListDocuments.aspx?MId=7646&x=) is now coming in, and could be summarised as ‘could have been worse, but still far too vague’. The Friends of Tate South Lambeth Library tell us they’re relieved that their and other smaller libraries are not for the chop, or not yet. On the other hand, the report isn’t clear about how much money the TSL will have to work with, given the ‘massive’ development planned for its...
The long-awaited report of the ‘Libraries Commission’ that Lambeth Council set up under its ‘Cabinet member for Culture, Sport and the 2012 Games’ is now published. As the council’s own website says, Lambeth has the lowest usage, highest cost per visit and lowest levels of user satisfaction of any London borough. The commission’s report is tucked away on the council website in the agenda papers for the 21 November council meeting. A key commission recommendation? The council should do...
Want a debate in the Commons about Lambeth and other local authorities’ plans to lose libraries? Then here’s a petition for you to sign (http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/1269). But read on… It’s all gone quiet of late in the ‘to cut or not to cut’ story of Lambeth’s libraries, but a cliffhanger is only a page or two away. What’s next?The Commission must report to the Council on or by 21 November, but may even release its recommendations as early as 14...
Faced with the prospect of draconian cuts to the Library – including the possibility of closure – the Friends of Tate South Lambeth library have issued a call to arms on their website: On 21 November the Libraries Commission will present its report on the futureof Lambeth’s libraries to Lambeth Council. That report will contain proposalsthat could go as far as removing library services from our local library – TateSouth Lambeth Library. Why the danger?Because theLibraries Commission has...
Could it be a sign that Lambeth Council set up the ‘Libraries Commission’ as just a smokescreen for the decision to start closing seven of Lambeth’s nine libraries? Vauxhall Society affiliate The Friends of Tate South Lambeth Library has issued a call to arms, and they must know something because FTSL’s Laura Swaffield is a commission member. The commission reports to the council on 21 November. From what FTSL says, it’s beginning to look as if the commission’s Labour...
Tate South Lambeth Library 180 South Lambeth RoadLondon SW8 Want to get the best out of your mobile phone? Learn how to search the internet and use email? Set up a blog, use Facebook and/or Twitter? Try making free calls with Skype? Make your own free website with WordPress? Learn to add soundtracks and music to your home movies? Explore Word, Powerpoint, eBay, Facebook, BBC i-player, YouTube, iPhone, e-readers, Google Maps etc These are some examples of the subjects...
Could Lambeth councillors be about to make one of the country’s duffest library services even worse? We’ll see in November. the month of Guy Fawkes Night, which is when the council’s ‘Libraries Commission’ is due to report. Today is a particularly good time for you as an individual or community group to have your say on libraries. First, after Friday 16 September it will be too late. Second, there are two consultation meetings you can attend, one on 7...
Lambeth have organised two more dates for public consultation on libraries, both in September. The north of the borough meeting is nearer to us, but I have included the Streatham meeting details just in case…
