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How short sighted of Graham Newman, to say that "Reading hard-copy books is an essential learning tool for children. It will still be vital in future ages no matter what the technological advances are....They need to be sat with their parents reading books to each other because reading on the Internet or iPads or anything else is never going to be able to replace that." Reading is the important thing here, not the format that the words come in. Showing the leap in ebooks borrowed from Suffolk libraries shows that this is a growing format and one that people want to use, endlessly promoting hardcopy books would be a waste of time and money - listen to the community and provide the service they need. It is literacy that needs addressing, not the 'printed' word that needs saving. Suffolk Library staff have done a wonderful job over the last year in difficult circumstances and still provide an excellent service. Let's hope that the IPS can sustain the service and that funding can be found after the 2 years promised by the council runs out.
Abby Barker
Friday, February 22, 2013