Consultation on Cornhill, Cults, Ferryhill, Kaimhill, Northfield and Woodside Libraries

Closed 6 Nov 2023

Opened 11 Sep 2023

Contact

01224652500

centrallibrary@aberdeencity.gov.uk

Results updated 7 Dec 2023

Thank you to every who took part in the consultation on the closure of Cornhill, Cults, Ferryhill, Kaimhill, Northfield and Woodside Libraries.

Aberdeen City Libraries values your contribution, and in addition to the consultation, the information and experiences shared will go on to inform and shape how we develop the library service in the future.

The report to Council, consultation results, and Integrated Impact Assessments can be viewed online and will inform the decision made by full Council on Wednesday 13 December.

Overview

Aberdeen City Council will reconsider the decision made at the Council Budget meeting on 1 March 2023 to close Cornhill, Cults, Ferryhill, Kaimhill, Northfield and Woodside libraries. This decision will be made at full council in December 2023.

To inform this decision Aberdeen City Council will complete a full Integrated Impact Assessment for each of the 6 libraries. The Integrated Impact Assessment will consider whether the closures have had any impact on users which are related to their protected characteristics. The protected characteristics are age, disability, pregnancy and maternity, religion and belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership. It is therefore important that all library users who have been affected by the closure of Cornhill, Cults, Ferryhill, Kaimhill, Northfield and Woodside libraries, have a fair and equal opportunity to comment on the impact of the closures.

The period of consultation runs from 11th September to 6 November 2023 and its purpose is to understand the impact that these library closures have had on communities and in particular any impacts related to  protected characteristics.

 At the 1 March 2023 Council Budget meeting, £46.6 million of savings were confirmed for 2023/24.  This included the decision to make savings through the closure of six libraries. This decision was based on library usage across the library estate and consideration of:

  • Number of visits
  • Number of issues per site
  • Number of Wi-Fi use
  • Number of (public) Personal Computer use
  • Number of enquiries
  • Number of events

 

At the end of this survey, you will find a series of equalities questions. These are optional, however it is important for us to gather this information as it will help us to understand any impacts related to protected characteristics .

This data will be anonymised and held in line with the Consultation on Cornhill, Cults, Ferryhill, Kaimhill, Northfield and Woodside privacy notice.

Audiences

  • Anyone from any background

Interests

  • Libraries