As you know Alan Gibbons has been campaigning tirelessly on behalf of libraries over the past months with the Campaign for the Book. He has now raised the gauntlet for school libraries and is sending an open letter to the government - have a look at the text here and do sign up and get others to sign up too. Alan has also set up a petition on the Number 10 website whose text is - We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to make school libraries statutory.

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.  Sign up here.