Top Tweets for #StafflessLibraries
When will they ever learn 😔
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Council to trial swipe-card access for libraries https://t.co/26AmImCN9P
I totally opposed self-serve and ‘open+’ from the very start arguing that it would be used to cut staff & hollow-out libraries and was called a “Luddite” and told it would “free up staff time” but I was right 😔
#savelibraries
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Petition launched to save Amersham Library's opening hours
https://t.co/b4VxXabYxx
“staffed hrs cut from 41 hours down to 28.7 and eventually to 20.5 hours.”
The dreaded ‘open+’ again
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Outside my local library ✊️
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End of the librarian? Council cuts and new tech push profession to the brink
https://t.co/512SXjRW72
Myself and others have been warning about this since 2010 and before, ‘open+’ (staffless opening) is more about cutting staff than increasing access.
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Our professional organisations and library/council leaders actively court the companies who produce the tech that replaces Library Workers.
They invite them to our conferences and use spin & propaganda to push the model.
#selfservice
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Great News for Book Lovers unless; they’re children/young people
have mobility problems
have safety concerns
and/or need support/help/advice
and/or like talking to people 🤷♀️
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📚 Great News for Book Lovers! 🎉 We're delighted that @SurreyLibraries Super Access will soon be available at @FarnhamLibrary and @GodalmingLib!
We are introducing self-service technology to enable access to libraries during extended opening times.
https://t.co/tlgGb6MCOS
Piece in todays ‘Observer’ about councils using ‘self-service’ to replace Library Workers.
I and a few others warned about this decades ago and were labelled Luddites.
Now we also have ‘open+’ to contend with 🤬
#libraries
#selfservice
#stafflesslibraries
#bibliotheca
Stockport library cuts ‘deeply concerning’
https://t.co/xAXjpI5urc
“Concerns have been raised over cuts to staffed library hours in Stockport.”
Open+ again 🤬
#stafflesslibraries
Self-service and ‘open+’ are used by councils to cut library jobs.
Don’t be fooled.
#stafflesslibraries
#selfservice
Section 7 of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 states;
“of encouraging both adults and children to make full use of the library service, and of providing advice as to its use…”
Can anyone explain how ‘open+’ fulfills this duty?
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Open+ self service available for all library users in Stockport
https://t.co/pkTxrBQLZa
Hi @StockportMBC you claim that ‘open+’ (staffless opening) is available to all library users when in fact U16’s are denied unaccompanied access.
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New Technology Allows Redditch Libraries to Open Without Staff
https://t.co/Pk9lmf7zUY
Without staff and without young people
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⚠️Due to technical issues, Stockwood Library’s Extended Access service is not currently available. We hope to get it up and running again very soon.
⚠️Due to network maintenance, St George Library’s Extended Access service will not be available on Sunday 7 April 2024.
Apologies
When you introduce staffless opening and discover you can’t leave it unstaffed due to safety/access concerns and massive drops in users and you’ve laid off the staff.
‘Volunteer Self-Service Opening Assistant - Barnet Libraries’
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#savebarnetlibraries
Evesham Library to adopt new 'Unlocked' model
https://t.co/bKLjwLGikt
More spin for the staffless opening model that denies unaccompanied access to young people, an absolute disgrace.
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Open+ library service is back online https://t.co/sMIuUKP2gH - hooray! Maybe they got a member of staff to give a reboot, oh hold on it’s staffless 🤔
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Open+ library service unavailable https://t.co/dk83DJG8wl
“Due to the power cut last night in Bracknell, the Open+ library service will be unavailable to access today.”
One of the many disadvantages of the staffless opening model.
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#stafflesslibraries = NO staff. No services. NO programs. NO onsite assistance. NO emergency help. Restricted access.
Cutting #library staff hurts workers & the communities who depend on them.
https://t.co/hzRHzPYCtz
#libraries
Don’t let them fool you the staffless library model (open+) has got very little to do with increasing access or innovation - it’s a long-term cuts-based option that ultimately will lead to fewer staff and a de-professionalised/hollowed-out service.
#stafflesslibraries
Don’t let them fool you the staffless library model (open+) has got very little to do with increasing access or innovation - it’s a long-term cuts-based option that ultimately will lead to fewer staff and a de-professionalised/hollowed-out service.
#stafflesslibraries
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