Librarians facing the crisis: ACTION

Concern about how financial crisis has hit Spanish libraries in recent years has driven the reaction of the library sector not only to evaluate the results and indicators about collection building and high use of the libraries services, but now also to provide tools which evidence the value social of the library. A methodology has been defined to demonstrate that libraries contribute to a competitive economy and to provide library managers with arguments to defend their position against competition from other sectors that libraries are an investment and not an expense. Nevertheless as we know, financial crisis can be solved if we react and be brave but the problems around e-reading and copyright issues in libraries could get worse if librarians don't act as soon as possible.