Ready to hear your feedback on libraries
The Big Listen 4 Culture Perth and Kinross this week launched a drive to collect feedback from people who use the area’s libraries, museums and archives.
‘Big Listen 4’ will run until Saturday, November 25, and will gather information via focus groups, online questionnaires, participatory events and discussions.
The results of the project will be reported on in January.
Helen Smout, chief executive of Culture Perth and Kinross, said: “The Big Listen 4 is a large-scale consultation with our users and, more especially, people who don’t currently use our services or who have stopped using them in the last few years.
“It will help inform the service developments and improvements within Culture Perth and Kinross helping ensure our future services are reflecting the needs and interests of our communities.
“This year the focus is on engaging libraries, archives and museum users - plus people who used to visit them but for some reason have stopped.
“We’re looking to get a feel of the impact of our services on people’s lives and get their thoughts on how we can make them better. We want to know why people do use our services, and why they don’t use them anymore or as often as they might.”
Helen added: “The libraries teams also co-ordinates book groups, author talks and signings, exhibitions and special events geared at children. Plus there are impressive local studies resources and a network of mobile libraries covering rural parts of Perth and Kinross.’’ AK Bell Library staff in Perth launch The Big Listen 4