Den engelska kulturministern, Margaret Hodge, utmanar de engelska folkbiblioteken i samband med en konferens för Londons bibliotekschefer:
”London’s public libraries must take innovative steps such as rewarding regular borrowers with vouchers for travel or the cinema if they are to stay relevant to an increasingly discerning and web-savvy population.”
”To attract the “Google generation” the capital’s libraries should consider extending weekend and evening opening hours, introducing a web-based lending service with home delivery and striking deals with the Starbucks or Costa coffee chains. ”