As well as library closures, Alyth Museum will close and Perth Art Gallery looks set to move to seasonal opening from next October
Every library in Perth and Kinross will be hit by cuts and job losses will be unavoidable as Culture Perth and Kinross seeks to reduce its budget by 12 per cent over the next three years.Other agreed Culture Perth and Kinross cuts to be implemented by the end of the financial year include the closure of Alyth Museum, reducing the opening hours and services at Perth and Kinross Archive and Local and Family History and removing core funded learning programmes within its museums and galleries.
Providing an update on changes to library services, Helen Smout told councillors: "We continue to have meetings with communities about proposed closures of libraries and we'll be starting conversations with the remaining libraries - not at risk of closure - around the reduction in opening hours that will come into effect on April 1.
Mrs Smout said: "I can assure you that is one of the services we are protecting most. We're very lucky the housebound service is delivered by volunteers." "I would hope here in Perth and Kinross we can do as much mitigation as we can of any negative impact that losing local services has as possible. But we can only do that in partnership with the council and the communities themselves."
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