The internet comes from the government. A few years ago, they gave all library services a lot of lottery money to buy computers and train staff, so all libraries could be part of this wonderful "People's Network." Trouble is, they didn't give money for extra staff to deal with all the extra users and enquiries generated by this, and the money only lasted for two years, so now we are all committed to keeping the PN going, without any extra money to maintain the computers, pay for the communications etc. Maybe your local authority coughed up the money to maintain it well.
Videos and DVDs are to raise money. Well, they're also to give the public what they want and try to attract people, such as teenagers, to whom the promise of books is not a draw, but principally they're done because they raise money and supplement the ever-decreasing funding we get.
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Date: 2006-06-13 09:07 pm (UTC)Videos and DVDs are to raise money. Well, they're also to give the public what they want and try to attract people, such as teenagers, to whom the promise of books is not a draw, but principally they're done because they raise money and supplement the ever-decreasing funding we get.