Three at-risk Nottingham libraries have been saved from closure by altering the library opening times, Nottingham City Council has confirmed. On Thursday, January 17, the council’s Executive Board voted in favour of keeping all existing libraries open, but said it would shorten opening times across the library network.
The council will also modify Aspley Library to create a stock distribution and outreach hub while retaining it as a publicly accessible library. Earlier proposals would have seen the closure of Basford, Radford/Lenton and Aspley libraries, with Aspley’s being turned into a distribution hub for the library service.
However, after some savings were achieved through a staffing restructure in the libraries service, the council said only £79,000 of savings were needed from the original £233,000.
