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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Volunteer army bid to run Hampstead Garden Suburb library (UK)

Volunteer army bid to run Hampstead Garden Suburb library (UK)Magistrates, school teachers and local councillors could all serve behind the counter as voluntary librarians in a bid to save the Hampstead Garden Suburb library from closure. The Suburb's 2,000-strong Residents Association lodged its plan to save the library from the scrapheap this week, proposing that volunteers could save Barnet Council £70,000 a year. The community group has mustered an army of 40 willing helpers to man the premises in Market Place, including two former librarians who will lend their expertise

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