Escaping the Echo Chamber:

Advocacy outside our own circle.

Librarians not included

Talk to us Paxo!

“So, in short, are libraries in decline? No. However, the narrative is not being controlled by the profession but by those who either do not understand the service or are trying to undermine it for their own ends. The best way to challenge these myths? Personally, I agree with others who say there is a need to break out of the ‘echo chamber’ and take back control of the narrative. Only then can we bury the myth that libraries are irrelevant in the digital age.”

From the four corners of the library world…

This is not going to work…

Pling

Reach out…

'A library is where you can find out how to be you.'

Catherine's story

'Libraries hold up the lamps by whose light we expand and grow, grant us glimpses into other lives, support our skills and our understanding, speak across distance and time and race and culture.'

Kari's story

'Libraries are places where people of all ages, outlooks, backgrounds, incomes, circumstances and opinions meet and mix.'

Lisa's story

Build an audience

 “I turn in my I turn in my library card library card on the day of on the day of my death.”my death.”

The media’s there – use it!

Connecting here…

…led to a connection here.

Les voix des bibliothèque sur le radio…

Build connections

Taking Voices to Hay…

Library campaigners from Somerset…

Called to give evidence…

The man who didn’t listen…

Appearing before the Select Committee…

“Without libraries, we will lose a mark of our civilisation.”

Catherine Bennett – The Observer

“Libraries set people free. They’re not a luxury. They’re not a relic. We must fight to save them.”

Hari Kunzru, author

“When I hear someone in the media saying that libraries are dying or that somehow children should not use libraries, I sometimes laugh and sometimes feel very angry.”

Ian, library user

“I have seen women my age who have never read a book before in their lives become avid readers in a matter on months because of the work librarians do.”

Jess, library user

Grasp the wrecking ball!

Time to shout…

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