Government response to the Leadership for Libraries Taskforce six month progress report
Published 26 November 2015
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Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy has today said:
“The Libraries Taskforce has today recommended that a document setting out government’s and the Taskforce’s shared vision for public libraries in England would provide a shared direction and purpose by highlighting existing good practice and providing a focus for collaborative action.
I strongly support this recommendation and I can confirm today that the government has agreed to publish such a document setting out best practice by summer 2016. It will be produced in dialogue with the Libraries Taskforce, particularly the Local Government Association, Society of Chief Librarians and Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals as the key representatives of local government and the libraries sectors.”