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    I thought I would update forumites on the latest ''going on's'' in libraries. Be warned that what other councils do today Dover normally does tomorrow!!

    Oxfordshire cuts test 'big society' as librarians are replaced with volunteers. Professional staff also to be removed from libraries in David Cameron and culture minister Ed Vaizey's constituencies

    The council has decided to keep only 22 of the constituency's 43 libraries fully staffed, but had planned to close 20. The initial plan to close libraries outright led to a wave of protests including some involving authors such as Philip Pullman, Colin Dexter and Mark Haddon.

    The shadow libraries minister Gloria De Piero said: "Volunteers have a role to play in libraries, but I would be amazed if you could run libraries by volunteers alone. It is a professional job. "I have asked Vaizey whether he has any plans to run the House of Commons library through volunteers, and he has not replied so I presume he realises he does not."

    She claimed there were signs of another wave of closures following the local elections.
    The website Public Libraries News claims that of 4,517 libraries across the UK, 460 (391 in buildings and 69 mobile) are under threat.Councils are required by law to provide a "comprehensive and efficient" service under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964.

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