Reflections on working with the Taskforce
Final post from Sharon at the end of her 6 months secondment with the Taskforce.
Sharon Kirkpatrick
Sharon is a senior manager at Dorset County Council Library Service. Her remit includes contracted services such as the schools and prisons library services, Royal Voluntary Service, stock procurement for libraries and reader development.
Meeting the teams in community run libraries
Visits to 4 counties and stories from many others.
Toolkit number 2: community libraries
Sharon outlines the next steps towards production of the second set of guidelines.
Keeping us grounded in reality......
We want to make sure that the Libraries Taskforce take every opportunity to include views from people with a wide range of experience. We were, therefore, very pleased when members of staff from the public library sector were prepared to help.