Public and School Libraries are facing a tough time as financial pressures and choices made by those holding the purse strings are deciding to close down or scale many back. Scotland’s school libraries have no national mandate for adequate library provision. Scotland’s public libraries, though they do face a national mandate for adequate library provision, have no enforced standard for what that must offer.

Scottish Book Trust is undertaking independent research into the value and impact of public and school libraries in Scotland in partnership with the National Library of Scotland (NLS), the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC), and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland (CILIPS).

The survey takes about 10 minutes to complete and will be open until the end of June 2024.

Led by Scottish Book Trust’s Research and Evaluation Manager Éadaoín Lynch, the results will form a report on the value and impact of our public and school libraries.

Click on this link to take part Surveys for Scotland’s library users

There’s a survey for library users and a separate one if you are a public librarian, school librarian, teacher or volunteer working closely with a library service in Scotland

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