We’ve mentioned the artificial plant tableau on a wall of the Waikanae Library; here is a living plant wall on the Wellington Library. In the background is a group of cabbage trees/tī kōuka.
living plant wall
02 Sunday Dec 2018
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Everyone wants them buy no one wants to pay for them.
In the UK The amount spent (on libraries) has plummeted by nearly £300million in just eight years – from more than £1billion to £720million.
As a result, 737 have disappeared since 2010 leaving only 3,745 across the country. In addition, more than 550 have also been made volunteer-only over the same period. Countless more remain under threat, with experts warning of a possible “library extinction” within years.
Of those that remain, many have been hollowed out and are manned by a skeleton staff or volunteers, with reduced opening hours and fewer books.
All this makes complete sense when everyone with a cell phone or computer has the worlds libraries at their disposal at a click of a button. So why waste the money.
Those are the same general problems facing the book publishing industry. The issue with public libraries though, is do people use them? It’s something that needs to be talked about if the Waikanae library building proves to be uneconomic to repair. Is a trip to Paraparaumu to use the one there too onerous for people?