A public meeting has been arranged to discuss the future of Lindley Library.
Communities are having to get together after Kirklees Council announced an option to reduce the library service to just two - in Huddersfield and Dewsbury - putting the future of all others at risk of closure in 2017.
A meeting has been set for Thursday, September 4 at 7.45pm at the Lidget Street library with Chief Librarian, Carol Stump, library staff and local councillors attending to discuss how local residents want to respond to the council’s announcement.
Kirklees Council faces having to cut its £6.3m library budget to £2.8m by 2017 and now officers have come up with two options - option one will leave just Huddersfield and Dewsbury libraries, plus the home delivery service, with 100 staff losing their jobs.
Option two will save both main libraries, along with number of smaller community-led library hubs plus the home delivery service, with 60 fewer staff jobs. Kirklees will need to find an extra £1.4m for option two, but it will still be a 32% cut on its current budget.
