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Tuesday, 30th March 2010

UK: Libraries are Crucial to Our Digital Future

The Following "Response" (to this column by Patrick Wintour) was published in The Guardian and was written by Dame Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive of the British Library.

From Her Response:

You report that, according to a government review, Britain's libraries can still flourish "if they offer free internet access, Sunday opening and a promise to provide any book in the national book collection" (Free internet proposed to save struggling libraries, 22 March).

I think this is only part of the answer. Public libraries will adapt and survive because they have a crucial role to play both in fostering reading and commitment to learning, and in delivering vital digital skills and digital inclusion in an increasingly digital Britain.

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Library visits may have been "declining over the past five years". But usage is still massive and we should not underplay the importance of great stock and the expertise of staff in the central role libraries play in both our communities and our economy.

In our public library service we have a great infrastructure on which to build a digital Britain. Through this we can increase lifelong learning, digital literacy and digital inclusion by bridging the gap between online information and services and the millions who are currently "nonline"

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