New library is a real thriller

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With so many problems reported in the local media regarding problems at library authorities in Hampshire, Southampton and Portsmouth, it is good to report on libraries being opened, or extended, rather than closed. This report is of the major multi million pound extension to the Frewen Library of the University of Portsmouth. Frewen Library will be hosting the AGM of the Sub Branch in May so there will be an opportunity to have a look at the new work. PD James's comment that a library should be at the heart of any university echoes an old war cry from my library college days which was "no library should be an island". Libraries should be at the heart of any community and not at the front of cuts to balance budgets.