Building a new vision for 21st century libraries

By Chris Cotton | 03 August 2017

Libraries around the UK are facing an immensely important and interesting challenge. What does it mean for the future of the service when people are as likely to enter a library to learn a new skill as they are to borrow a book? What does a world class digital library service look like? 

When we look at the news coming from libraries around the UK we see celebrations of ingenuity and innovation, alongside reports that in the coming years the pressure on library budgets is set to intensify. 

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