library services

He slapped open a manila folder to reveal a civil deposition addressed to Corinne Leone, the director of Law Library Services: “Why do we have outdated typewriters when we have tablets?”

Until 2015 it was part of the Harrow Library Services, run by Harrow Council, but cuts saw the closure of four libraries across the borough.

“These figures lay bare the scale of the crisis facing public libraries and confirm what we have long suspected: libraries are hit hardest in the very areas that need them most,” said Isobel Hunter MBE, the chief executive of the Libraries Connected charity, which has members spanning most library services in the UK except Scotland.

The BBC analysis found a patchwork provision of library services across the UK.

These are just two of the 21 states that Imagination Library services across the country.