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A new delivery model for Buckinghamshire Libraries
We are asking you to help us design our services so that staff are available at the times when you need them most.
Buckinghamshire libraries have transformed over recent years and offer a wide range of services and activities. A new vision and strategy for Buckinghamshire Libraries (
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Buckinghamshire Council must save a total of £95.3 million over the next three years, with £41.3 million to be saved in the current financial year (2024/25). The library service must make savings of £555,000 by April 2026.
To reduce costs and help ensure the library service remains resilient and sustainable, we are seeking your views on a new delivery model which ensures all Buckinghamshire libraries remain open and accessible for our customers.
Library Flex
Buckinghamshire Libraries are planning to introduce Library Flex in the following libraries: Amersham, Aylesbury, Beaconsfield, Buckingham, Chesham, Hazlemere, Marlow and Princes Risborough.
Library Flex means ensuring our staff are available at the times of greatest customer need and using self-operated technology to provide access to library services at quieter times. Most of our current library opening hours will remain staffed, with a proportion operating as Library Flex unstaffed hours. We want to hear your views whether you currently use a library, or not.
Library Flex will allow us to make better use of our buildings with more activities and services taking place. We will increase volunteer and community group activities in the library during Library Flex unstaffed hours to maintain a safe and welcoming space.
Library Flex will provide an opportunity to increase our opening hours, benefitting working families, commuters and students. It will also provide opportunities for room hire for community groups outside of our current opening hours.
We are also reviewing opening hours at Burnham Library and proposing to open High Wycombe Library on Monday instead of Sunday – both of which are separate from the Library Flex proposals.
How to have your say
You can help shape Library Flex in one of the following ways:
• Complete the online survey (
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• Complete and return a printed version of the survey (
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• Complete a printed version of the survey at a Buckinghamshire library
If you have any questions about this activity, please email us at library@buckinghamshire.gov.uk ( library@buckinghamshire.gov.uk ) or call 0300 131 6000.
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