Friday, 11 January 2008

Ex Libris


One Margate had a library but after refurbishment it has a thing called Thanet Gateway, when you go in the entrance you will find queues of people paying their council tax and complaining about their houses, drains etc. once you have battled through all this, yes there is a library in there. I really despair of this stupid arrangement that must be as difficult for the council staff as the librarians. So why not two separate entrances and why waste our money in this way?
If the same thing is going to happen in Ramsgate library when it reopens they could well be best off staying in the temporary accommodation in Cannon Road car park.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2008 9:13 am

    I have not gone to the library because I assumed it would be crap - does this mean I was right?

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  2. UnknownJanuary 14, 2008 6:43 pm

    That's the plan for Ramsgate I'm afraid. I'm not sure if they think they can abandon the "Shop" in York street or not.
    So we lose the gallery, museum and local studies areas and gain a TDC access desk.
    You may believe this or not, but County Councillor Elizabeth Green and I were the only ones speaking out against the plan.

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  3. Michael ChildJanuary 15, 2008 12:54 pm

    David I gather that in Margate Thanet Gateway the council staff are finding it even more difficult than the library staff, although as you can imagine it is unlikely that anyone will be prepared to speak out on this issue.

    With most of the various public buildings in Ramsgate under review a bit more information and consultation wouldn’t go a miss, I am wondering out of the museum, library, Albion house, tourist information office, town partnership, TDC shop in York St. if we have got to lose some of it shouldn’t we be aiming to retain the best.

    I would have thought that the tourist information office could go in with the museum and the town partnership could go in with TDC shop saving quite a lot of money for no great loss.

    I believe at Margate they have had to lose a local studies storeroom to TDC meaning that a lot of important Thanet archive has had to be sent out of Thanet.

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