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I'm Chrissie Dickinson. I'm a novelist,
which makes me both a producer and a consumer for libraries.
And I came today, really, because I'm interested in what's going to become of
something as important, to someone like me, as libraries.
One of the things you write for
is to actually have people read and understand what you're saying.
It's like a kind of conversation.
And libraries are one of the main places where that happens at the moment.
My name's Jonathan Douglas. I'm director of the National Literacy Trust.
This morning was very exciting inasmuch as we saw, projected,
some of the social trends and wider influences
that will determine what the future of libraries will be over the next decade.
In the afternoon the thing I'm most looking forward to discussing
is whether it's possible to hold onto a national identity for libraries
when clearly the trends suggest that
the service will become more localised and more fragmented in the future.
I'm Nigel Thomas, I'm from Leicestershire County Council,
and my job is head of service for delivery for the library service.
We had a really interesting discussion just after the presentation.
More and more people are beginning to use online channels,
and therefore opportunities for pulling people together
to interact and communicate with each other
are gonna be more challenging.
I'm Andrew Coburn. I'm here on behalf of the Library Campaign,
which is a charity for friends and users of libraries.
Morning session was interesting. It was useful to be reminded of the statistics
and it was a reminder of what library services can do.
One of the things that I wanted to make sure got discussed
is the political context of all the statistics
and the research and the demographics.
I'm Martin Palmer from Essex Libraries.
I think the main thing that came across this morning
was the huge range of stuff
that people have to take into account for the future of libraries.
I think one of the challenges at the moment
is that some people think that libraries can all be delivered online.
And that kind of loses the social value of libraries
as a public meeting place and the place where everybody comes together.
I'm Lauren Lucas, a policy manager at the Local Government Information Unit.
We've talked a lot about need today.
And I think that need comes from the local community,
and in future you are gonna see
much more of a diversity of provision at local level.
My name is Sara.
I represent public library research at university
and also a radical public library service
called the Itinerant Poetry Library.
I found it very enjoyable to see all the very passionate people
who are involved in the public library service,
and for everyone to come together in a room
and be able to talk about some of the issues.
My name's Ruth Taylor. I work for Artswork,
and I'm one of the strategic bridge managers.
So libraries will be having to repurpose themselves,
but keeping that core of the local entitlement, the entitlement to people.
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