The Campaign for the Book was set up by the children's author, Alan Gibbons in September 2008 to fight cuts in school libraries, and to defend the place of books in libraries. He has been campaigning tirelessly and has now raised the gauntlet for school libraries and has today sent an open letter to the government - have a look at the text It begins:
Question: what do prisoners have that school students don’t?
Answer: the statutory right to a library.
Alan has also set up a petition on the Number 10 website whose text is - We, the undersigned, call on Her Majesty's Government to accept in principle that it will make school libraries, run by properly qualified staff, statutory and to prepare the necessary legislation in consultation with the appropriate professional associations and trade unions.
