HIGHAM FERRERS LIBRARY
Higham Ferrers Library
Northamptonshire County Council needs to find £115m savings over the next four years predominantly to meet social care costs in the county. The Library and Information Service must share in this financial challenge and seek to reduce costs to the tax payer. The low cost per visit compared to other library services demonstrates that this cannot be achieved by further efficiencies alone, and requires a more fundamental reshaping of the service to ensure it is fit for the future.
Northamptonshire County Council is consulting on changes to the Library and Information Service in order to make cuts to their budget. Under option 2 and 3 Higham Ferrers Library will close. Under option 1 there will be the opportunity to have a community managed library. a significant part in informing the new library strategy 2018-2022.
The Town Council are discussing if they can possibly help to preserve the service and below are the reports and documents being contemplated as part of the process.
- Library Stage 2 Expression of Interest (PDF, 843 Kb)
Library Stage 2 Expression of Interest
- Library Consent Form (PDF, 57 Kb)
Library Consent Form
- Library - Summary of Costs (PDF, 115 Kb)
Library- Summary of Costs
- FAQ- Higham Ferrers Library (PDF, 142 Kb)
FAQ- Higham Ferrers Library
Town Council Reports
- Library - Full Council 2017 10 31 (PDF, 105 Kb)
Library Report Full Council 31st October 2017
- Library - Full Council 2017 11 28 (PDF, 73 Kb)
Library Report - Full Council 28th November 2017
- Library - Report for Policy and Resources - 2017 12 05 (PDF, 15.5 Mb)
Library Report for Policy and Resources Committee - 5th December 2017
- Library - Report Full Council 2017 12 19 (PDF, 17 Mb)
Library Report- Full Council 19th December 2017
- Library - Report Extraordinary Meeting - 2018 01 17 (PDF, 157 Kb)
Report for Extraordinary Meeting - 17th January 2018
- Library - Annual Town Meeting Report 2018 (PDF, 120 Kb)
Annual Town Meeting Report for the Library 2018
- Library Extraordinary Meeting 2018 05 10 (PDF, 6.3 Mb)
Library Report Extraordinary Meeting 10th May 2018
- Library - Report re Building (PDF, 3.8 Mb)
Report re Building for Extraordinary meeting 10th May 2018
Working Party Notes
- Library Working Party 2018 01 19 (PDF, 372 Kb)
Notes from Library Working Party held on 19th January 2018
- Library Working Party Notes 2018 01 30 (PDF, 3.9 Mb)
Notes of Library Working Party Meeting held on 30th January 2018
- Library Working Party 2018 02 13 (PDF, 5.6 Mb)
Library Working Party Notes 13th February 2018
- Library - Working Party Notes 2018 03 13 (PDF, 550 Kb)
Library Working Party Notes 13th March 2018
- Library Working Party Notes 2018 04 03 (PDF, 614 Kb)
Library Working Party Notes 3rd April 2018
Consultation
- Library - TC Consultation Response (PDF, 7.9 Mb)
Town Council response to Library Consultation
- Library - TC Survey (PDF, 141 Kb)
Town Council Library Survey Questionnaire
- Library - Consultation Results Jan 2018 (PDF, 11.5 Mb)
Consultation Results from Town Council Consultation
Other Information
- Library- Ncc Cabinet Report March 2018 (PDF, 174 Kb)
NCC Cabinet Report March 2018
- Library - NCC Cabinet Report February 2017 (PDF, 810 Kb)
NCC Cabinet Report February 2017 re Libraries
- Library Floor Plans (PDF, 1.7 Mb)
Library FloorPlans
- Library - SWOT Analysis (PDF, 73 Kb)
Library - Initial SWOT analysis
- Library - NCC Cabinet Report (PDF, 24.4 Mb)
Library - NCC Cabinet Report - October 2017
- Library - FAQ (Word Document, 55 Kb)
FAQ - Library
- Library - Community Managed Library Information Sessions (PDF, 415 Kb)
Community Managed Libraries Information Sessions
- Checklist for Community Libraries (PDF, 213 Kb)
Checklist for Community Libraries
- Library - CML Volunteering Opportunities (PDF, 659 Kb)
Community Managed Libraries Volunteering Opportunities
- Library - Gov Reserach On CML (PDF, 2.2 Mb)
Government Research on Community Managed Libraries
- Axiell Report - A Review of Public Libraries in 2017 (PDF, 510 Kb)
Axiell - A Review of Public Libraries in 2017
- Library Profile- Higham Ferrers (PDF, 789 Kb)
Higham Ferrers Library Profile
- Raunds Library Profile (PDF, 155 Kb)
Raunds Library Profile
- Oundle Library Profile (PDF, 155 Kb)
Oundle Library Profile
