This election season the Manitoba Library Association wants you to #askaboutlibraries .
On October 24, 2018 Manitobans across the province will vote in municipal elections. Among the range of important public services administered by local governments are public libraries.
and, of course, answering your questions!
But this election season we want you to do the asking.
The Manitoba Library Association encourages you to reach out to your candidates about public library service. We’ve made it easy. Use the information below to have a conversation when a candidate knocks on your door or email them to request responses. Ask your friends and neighbours to do the same.
We look forward to the conversations ahead!
1. How often do you or your family make use of a public library? Which services offered by the library do you use?
What is your position on public library funding?
2. b) The Province currently provides public library funding of $8.50 per capita, maximum. According to the Manitoba Library Trustee’s Association, this rate has been frozen since 2004.
How would you work with the Province on the question of funding for public library service?
3. Public libraries support the communities they serve in many ways: providing access to information and technology, supporting literacy and learning for people of all ages and providing a community gather spaces where ideas are exchanged, to name just a few.
What is your vision for public library service in our community?
Government of Manitoba, 2017. See pages 68-79.
Manitoba Library Association letter written June 30, 2017 to the Honourable Rochelle Squires, Minister of Sport, Culture and Heritage RE: Imagine. Creative Manitoba!
public libraries section submitted by the Manitoba Library Association.