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Bulk book buy saves libraries thousands!

Posted on 11/11/2011

Leicestershire Councty Council Adults & Communities

11 November 2011

Bulk book buy saves libraries thousands!

Buying books in bulk with other councils has saved Leicestershire County Council’s Libraries Service £70,000.

The county council is working with other authorities as part of the Mid-Anglian book purchasing consortium.  This means that by working in partnership to make large book orders, councils are able to make significant savings.

The consortium is made up of councils from Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Lincolnshire.

By pooling together library book funds, the consortium has used its joint spending power to drive higher discounts on books purchased for local library bookshelves.  This has enabled the County Council’s libraries service to deliver a saving of £70,000 whilst maintaining the same number of new titles added to stock.

David Sprason, Leicestershire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Adults and Communities said:

“The council is always looking to find new and better ways of providing services that offer good value for money for the people of Leicestershire.  Bulk buying our books means that not only are we saving thousands of pounds, but we are doing so by still being able to deliver the high quality of stock that our library users want and are used to.”

The top five books currently popular with Leicestershire library members are:

Adults:

  • The Gathering  (Kelley Armstrong)
  • Dead Tomorrow  (Peter James)
  • The Affair (Lee Child)
  • Found Wanting (Robert Goddard)
  • First Family (David Baldacci)

Children:

  • The Gruffalo (Julia Donaldson)
  • Where’s Spot (Eric Hill)
  • Aliens Love Underpants (Claire Freedman)
  • Pants (Giles Andreae)
  • Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire (Francesca Simon)

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