Pledge “blusers”
"I will set up a British Library Users' Group but only if 20 other British Library users will join."
— Heather Brooke, British Library user
Deadline to sign up by: 15th August 2005
15 people signed up, 5 more were needed
Country: United Kingdom
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Amazingly, the British Library lacks a users' group. The 'Friends of the British Library' is a fundraising group and does not represent users. At board meetings, there is no group that represents our concerns.
The need for such a users perspective became clear when the BL announced its decision to allow a private company to charge users £4.50/hr to access electronic resources. This decision was made without any user consultation and is the topic of an earlier successful online pledge (www.pledgebank.com/britlib).
I'd like to see a British Library that listens to the views of its users and takes those views into account when making policy or awarding contracts. If you would like to see a more user-focused Library then please sign my pledge.
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- give a percentage or more of the Canton Free TV project of $4000
- contribute $25 per month to DVGRR
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Things to do with this pledge
Current signatories (
= they've done it)
Heather Brooke, the Pledge Creator, joined by:
- Tim
- Dr Dennis Low
- Martin Owens
- Nigel Cliff
- Judith Hitchin
- Mark Summers
- Paul Harding
- Eleanor Jenkins
- Amanda Brown
- donna beetham
- Eccy de Jonge
- Carolyn Clarke
- Rob Priest
- David Hancock
- Chris Noel
Comments on this pledge
You could also email everyone pledging to write to their MP and ask those people to hand out some flyers too.