DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Librarian</span></a> cuts at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Glasgow</span></a> schools will 'rob kids of opportunities' as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SNP</span></a> Government urged to intervene </p><p>EXCLUSIVE: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> warned library cuts on Scotland's largest local authority risked worsening the country's 'shameful attainment gap'.</p><p>Chris McCall Deputy Political Editor, 02 Aug 2025</p><p>Excerpt: "Glasgow Life, which manages the library service for the council, is proposing to take 16 librarians out of the city's education system. The plans would see the school service headed up by a principal librarian along with three area-based librarians, while an 'assistant' would be placed in high schools.</p><p>"An online petition against the cuts and shared among parents has since been signed more than 1,300 times.</p><p>"Joy McLean said she was concerned about how a decline in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LibraryServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryServices</span></a> would impact her daughter and other pupils. '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a> are essential <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/educators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>educators</span></a> who foster a love of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a>, support research and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DigitalLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalLiteracy</span></a>, and help students thrive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academically</span></a> and personally,' she added."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/librarian-cuts-glasgow-schools-rob-35659625" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/librarian-cuts-glasgow-schools-rob-35659625</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LibrariesRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibrariesRule</span></a>! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EducationCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EducationCuts</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScotlandPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotlandPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LoveOfReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LoveOfReading</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuildingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literacy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SupportingResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupportingResearch</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalThinkingSkills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalThinkingSkills</span></a></p>