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Rosemary Stables |
2015-09-17T20:05:38.13 |
As Head of English in a school which closed down its library, I know what a devastating impact this had. I also know ... |
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Linda Brogan |
2015-09-17T20:41:21.503 |
Badly needed for the Scottish economy would improve the tourism |
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Ashley Peace |
2015-09-17T20:53:15.613 |
Badly needed - travel to Edinburgh from this part of Fife is highly impractical unless taking the car. |
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Andrew Givan |
2015-09-17T21:05:45.693 |
I wish this petition every success. It's about time the tide turned and school librarians get the credit they deserv... |
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Michelle Acton |
2015-09-17T21:20:42.1 |
Even with the technology available today, nothing beats being able to sit down and peruse a good book. It is still a... |
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Derek Hotchkiss |
2015-09-17T21:28:52.003 |
You can't improve literacy and cut back on the library service |
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Lindsay Moffat |
2015-09-17T21:46:32.1 |
Libraries are not a luxury in schools. They are sanctuaries, resource centres and the beginning of a love of literatu... |
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Cathy Forde |
2015-09-17T22:18:13.943 |
As a Scottish writer for young people I have witnessed at first hand in schools throughout the country the formative ... |
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Frances Campbell |
2015-09-18T06:27:29.397 |
I attended Barrhead High School in the 1960's....on the old site on Barrhead Main Street....I remember the excitement... |
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Dr Gavin Gall |
2015-09-18T07:08:02.083 |
An essential resource for raising the attainment and achievement of Scotland's youth. |
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Lari Don |
2015-09-18T07:16:16.673 |
As an author who regularly visits schools, I see the amazing work done by secondary school librarians, giving pupils ... |
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sandra webster |
2015-09-18T07:37:29.8 |
libraries are so important in tackling poverty. Giving access to a wider world. When I was growing up I had access t... |
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Caroline crawford |
2015-09-18T07:54:51.973 |
Please take a serious look at this. It seems wrong to. Spend money on trams in Edinburgh (although from a different s... |
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Helen Barley |
2015-09-18T08:27:26.533 |
Our school libraries are a vital resource and are built in to literacy across the secondary curriculum. To lose this ... |
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Marion Thomson |
2015-09-18T08:30:17.113 |
School libraries are, for some, the only opportunity some children have to access the world of books as well as acces... |
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Janet Colquhoun |
2015-09-18T08:31:58.86 |
School libraries and professional school librarians not only provide access to ALL with books, great knowledge and en... |
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Mark Gilroy |
2015-09-18T09:53:37.8 |
As a History teacher, I cannot fully express the vital importance of having access to a facility such as the school ... |
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Hanna Didcock |
2015-09-18T09:58:23.72 |
We were lucky and I had he absolute pleasure of working with an amazing and inspiring librarian at my last school. Sh... |
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Sandra McNicol |
2015-09-18T10:06:41.6 |
Retaining and investing in school libraries is vital in preventing the current decline in real literacy standards. Lo... |
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Hugh Mclean |
2015-09-18T10:18:30.897 |
This would be an appalling retrograde step for our country. It is not economics. It is cultural vandalism. |
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Kevin Clark |
2015-09-18T10:56:23.24 |
School libraries stimulate and feed curiosity. They are about more than books. The many good librarians encourage, su... |
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Liane Marshall |
2015-09-18T11:26:45.677 |
Our school needs our Library. Our school needs our Librarian. There is no valid argument that any Council can make ag... |
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Akash Singh |
2015-09-18T12:12:30.27 |
We love and need our libirian |
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2397 |
Abubakr Abid |
2015-09-18T12:16:28.647 |
I hope mrs monday keeps her job. |
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Donald Clark |
2015-09-18T12:16:30.91 |
Knowledge is Power ! |
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2397 |
Sandra Gray McGruthet |
2015-09-18T12:22:41.16 |
Reading is the life blood of intelligent human beings. Closing libraries stultifies young minds. |
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David Robinson |
2015-09-18T13:29:42.973 |
Close a library, close a thousand minds |
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2397 |
Reuben Gallagher |
2015-09-18T15:14:38.693 |
I love my school library, I don't know where I'd be without it. |
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2397 |
Emma Stevenson |
2015-09-18T15:59:53.677 |
We need libraries in society to expand out knowledge |
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2397 |
Suzanne mullen |
2015-09-18T16:52:44.787 |
Library's are important to children's education |
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vicky byrne |
2015-09-18T17:00:10.427 |
Librarys should never be shut down |
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Mike Newman |
2015-09-18T17:55:21.017 |
Our High School and Community Librarian recently retired and has not been replaced, so now there is no qualified libr... |
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Katrina Kelly |
2015-09-18T18:05:14.897 |
At the moment the only provision for our school library is 3 days a week with two different librarians who themselves... |
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2397 |
Jeannie Thow |
2015-09-18T18:33:45.613 |
Information should be readily available in schools every minute of the school day. There should be a librarian avail... |
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2397 |
Ivor J. Santer |
2015-09-18T19:10:44.643 |
For many children the school library is still Pandora's box. |
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2397 |
Joan MacLellan |
2015-09-18T20:36:58.237 |
My daughter is deaf and attended a mainstream school in Edinburgh. She found the library to be a source of support a... |
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Margaret Forrester |
2015-09-18T20:44:24.223 |
All those books and the quiet to read them ....\r\nFifty years ago now! \r\nEnhance and expand. Close books and yo... |
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2397 |
Carleen Parry |
2015-09-18T20:45:37.627 |
Literacy skills are key for Curriculum of excellence...The school librarian at Eastwood High, Newton Mearns engages a... |
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2397 |
Stuart Graham |
2015-09-18T21:12:58.147 |
As a Principal Teacher of English in a Secondary school, I know first hand the importance of reading and and good acc... |
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2397 |
Gail Williams |
2015-09-18T21:50:23.567 |
School libraries are a vital resource. |
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2397 |
Carolyn Fisher |
2015-09-18T22:08:51.08 |
What sort of message are we sending to our young people if we close their school library? |
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2397 |
Catherine King |
2015-09-19T00:42:59.287 |
What would be the point in giving every child in Scotland a Library Membership, then actively support a reduction in ... |
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2397 |
Katie Diallo |
2015-09-19T09:33:59.22 |
We need to learn the lessons of history so not to repeat our mistakes. We need our libraries! |
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Sharon Brady-Wardrope |
2015-09-19T12:01:21.003 |
this is badly needed traveling to Stirling or Edinburgh is very difficult which means you end up taking the car! Not ... |
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Anne Elibol |
2015-09-19T12:26:51.863 |
School Libraries are the Heart of all schools.By closing them down you are denying children the right to learn to rea... |
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Margaret Delussey |
2015-09-19T14:59:39.3 |
School libraries and librarians are vital. There is no reasonable or rational argument for closing them, or cutting b... |
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2397 |
Beverley Craig |
2015-09-19T17:19:25.13 |
Libraries give us free access to knowledge and learning. |
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Rhonda Wheate |
2015-09-19T21:17:49.85 |
The library is one of my favourite places in the world. If libraries are properly funded, and curated by knowledgable... |
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ruan peat |
2015-09-19T22:26:24.24 |
Every study has shown a society with better literacy has a better society, but school are not supported to have libra... |
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Helen Melone |
2015-09-20T10:34:02.283 |
I think there needs to be a national strategy - too many local authorities are dumbing down their school libraries an... |