It comes after an open letter had stated that South Lanarkshire had the 'worst public library provision in Scotland'.
South Lanarkshire ’s council leader is defending the area’s library services after an open letter stated that it had the “worst public library provision in Scotland”.
She wrote: “The fate of South Lanarkshire Libraries as part of South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture’s budgeting setting process is particularly disappointing given the information outlined in this letter. It will leave the people of South Lanarkshire with the poorest public library provision in Scotland – the average being 2.04 libraries for every 20,000 of the population and South Lanarkshire residents will be left with 0.99 libraries for every 20,000 of the population.
Councillor Fagan has defended the services across the area, saying that the number of potential library closures has been reduced and funding has been set aside to protect more from closure. “I understand that our work to mitigate the impact of funding cuts at SLLC has already reduced the number of at-risk libraries from seven to five and our work is not yet complete. South Lanarkshire therefore will not have the lowest proportion of libraries per head in Scotland, and indeed provision will be similar to those of neighbouring authorities, such as Glasgow and North Lanarkshire, at the very least.
“The administration continue to hand over vast sums of money to the leisure trust and ignore what SLIC have described as ‘alarm bells’ about how that service is being managed under a business model that is ‘not fit for purpose’. “SLIC’s research exposes the administration’s plans as the sham they are – they have failed to ask questions, failed to act responsibly with public money, failed to seek legal advice, and are failing the residents of South Lanarkshire.
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