An award-winning author has backed a petition - now signed by more than 37,000 people - against the decision to axe school librarians from all 23 of North Lanarkshire’s secondary schools in a budget-saving measure.
Former Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIPS) president, Theresa Breslin OBE, has joined local author, Damian Barr, and CILIPS representatives to condemn the decision by North Lanarkshire Council.
Back in June, Lanarkshire Live reported on how council officials said the 17 impacted staff members were being offered redeployment or voluntary redundancy, and that the cost-cutting plans - confirmed in the final days of the academic year - were originally agreed in the authority’s 2020 budget.
