As three Geelong libraries face the chop, a councillor wants to give the region’s libraries an extra $762,000. Melissa Cadwell, who began her role in January, said council had not allocated enough money to run the recently redeveloped Boronggook Drysdale Library in 2023-24. The manager of the region’s libraries, the Geelong Regional Library Corporation (GRLC), … [Read more…]
Three much-loved community libraries are on the chopping block but the Geelong mayor says all should stay open. Here’s what he’s told the community. It comes as the community rallies with a “wave of anger” against a proposal by the region’s library manager to close sites at Geelong West, Highton and Barwon Heads. More than … [Read more…]
A numbers war has broken out amid threats several libraries would close across Geelong. See the full breakdown. Geelong Regional Libraries Corporation (GRLC) has proposed to shut three sites and cut opening hours at seven others to make up for a $1m funding shortfall. The corporation is due to have $4.7m in cash reserves in … [Read more…]
Passionate locals are ready to fight to keep community libraries open after plans to close three were revealed. Read the reaction. Parents and children, along with local politicians, gathered at the Barwon Heads Library on Saturday morning to prepare a plan to tackle the proposed closures together. Plans were revealed on Friday to close the … [Read more…]