CILIPS Writes to Oppose School Library Cuts in Glasgow
CILIPS have written to the Glasgow City Council Leader and members of the Glasgow Life Board raising our concerns about proposals to remove all school librarians for their schools. The proposals would save £100k – a saving agreed in Feb 2024 – by putting library assistants into school libraries instead, a move that in our view will de-professionalise the service and put unfair pressure on the assistants.
CILIPS are pleased to see that Glasgow Life will be engaging with trade unions and staff to discuss counter proposals, and we hope that a solution can be found that avoids such a drastic reduction in vital staffing. We strongly believe that the only way to avoid severely damaging the service would be for Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Life to reverse the cut entirely.
Local parents and pupils are also campaigning against the cuts including setting up a petition, which you can see here.