Library Services: Rural Areas

Part of CULTURE, ARTS AND LEISURe – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 3:30 am on 13 October 2008.

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Photo of Gregory Campbell Gregory Campbell Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) 3:30, 13 October 2008

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The Northern Ireland library authority will become operational in 2009 and will have local consultative groups. A pilot group will be established in each of the four geographic business areas within the first three months of the library authority’s establishment. Library services must continue to be relevant to local needs. Therefore, although the service will be planned and led regionally, it will be delivered locally.