0140 GMT April 20, 2021
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Arts & Culture Desk
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Arts & Culture Desk
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The struggles of the UK’s public library service continue apace, with total funding for libraries in Britain down by nearly £20m in the year to March, immediately before the lockdown that saw libraries handling a rapid increase in demand for their services, which were eventually deemed essential by the government.
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When staff volunteered to open Plymouth’s, southwest England, central library for two-and-a-half hours last Christmas Day, they thought it might give a few homeless residents somewhere warm and welcoming to go.
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The government has allocated $3.12 million and $312,500 to equip the libraries and support provincial publishers respectively since March 2014.
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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has included two Iranian libraries in its library guide titled '1001 Libraries to See Before You Die'.
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