• xspurnx@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Go Norway! I whish we had a library law here in Germany like you do - our places are underfunded and understaffed… a lot of my colleagues are very passionate about their jobs, we could do so much more with our local libraries.

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      1 year ago

      A lot of Norwegian libraries are underfunded as well.

      In Oslo public library (Deichman) we’ve been given more money the last 10 years than previously. And we have shown what that money can do.

      During Covid shutdown the Library was what kept open except for two weeks - that really showed what kind of back-bone we were for Oslo.

      It was very tough on our frontline workers as we were swamped with students ignoring any precautions. Working in libraries are still low paying compared to the education