tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-398695267713775888.post8511985114351332697..comments2023-07-23T09:07:59.276+01:00Comments on Fabric Recruitment: Where is the country heading?Fabric Recruitmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111198262166696004noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-398695267713775888.post-18794719132324167572011-02-10T15:20:12.441+00:002011-02-10T15:20:12.441+00:00Dear Anon (2)
Thank you for adding your comment t...Dear Anon (2)<br /><br />Thank you for adding your comment to the discussion.<br /><br />It's true that the logical conclusion of poster (1)'s argument is to close all school, university, government and other libraries if 'it's all on the web' - and when you extend it in this way the fallacy becomes obvious.<br /><br />It all comes down to who deserves to have access to Fabric Recruitmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09111198262166696004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-398695267713775888.post-73015936548429929892011-02-10T14:00:49.795+00:002011-02-10T14:00:49.795+00:00The first comment was written by someone who might...The first comment was written by someone who might never have used a library. It's not a question of availability on the internet. If that were the case how come bookshops are still going and in full force. Publishers are still pumping out thousands of books on paper every year, despite of, or maybe because of the Kindle. Libraries aren't just book warehouses anyway. They never were just Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-398695267713775888.post-54953800194999772692011-02-10T09:22:56.682+00:002011-02-10T09:22:56.682+00:00Dear Anon
Thank you for posting a comment to my b...Dear Anon<br /><br />Thank you for posting a comment to my blog post.<br /><br />I am sorry that you feel that it is 'poppycock' that needy groups need libraries to access information. This idea was based on Office of National Statistics data, which showed that in 2010 9.2m people in the UK had never accessed the internet, with 45% of people over 60 never having used it and 55% of peopleFabric Recruitmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09111198262166696004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-398695267713775888.post-77953540258461283582011-02-10T06:37:24.751+00:002011-02-10T06:37:24.751+00:00Whilst no politician will have the balls to say it...Whilst no politician will have the balls to say it, isn't it really the truth that libraries are simply no longer as relevant as they used to be? You say that closure of libraries will deprive many of the most needy groups in society of access to information. That's poppycock! High proportions of people of every social and income group have home computers and this is where people now Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com