Well done and thank you to the voters in Los Angeles who have saved their libraries and increased their opening hours
Libraries have been and still are under threat in both the UK and the USA. While legal challenges mount in the UK to save our public libraries from these dire and barbaric cuts, the citizens in America have also challenged the closures and cut backs of a valuable and vital public service. So I was delighted to read that the citizens of Los Angeles have recognized the value of libraries to their community and have voted to restore and increase services. Budget cuts last year forced the 73 libraries in Los Angeles to reduce their opening hours. The libraries laid off 101 staff and reduced service hours to five days a week, reported the LA Times . The Los Angeles Public Library system notes that their hours were 'lowest level in the library's 140-year history. But in March this year all that changed when the people of Los Angeles rebelled against the draconian cuts and approved Measure L, a proposal that gradually diverts larger shares of the city's prope...