HAMPSHIRE County Council's leader Roy Perry has responded to a report to Government about libraries by highlighting how Hampshire has been leading the way in adapting libraries to ensure they remain relevant in a changing world.

The Independent Library Report for England commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport was compiled by William Seighart and claims that 'public libraries in England will close unless they change and provide the type of spaces that people want to use', making recommendations as to how the public library system could best work in the future. Many of the recommendations in the report, such as the need to focus on digital provision and positioning libraries at the hub of a community, are already either in place or in the pipeline in Hampshire.

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