Just been to a very sombre meeting with the Friends of Lambeth Libraries at Lambeth Council I would ask everyone to keep an eye out on the Lambeth Council website for their full report on the future of its libraries should be published around 5pm tonight. Lambeth seeking to take a £1m out of its library budget. My thoughts go out to our library staff who have already dealt with so much stress and maintained normality with such aplomb. Until the report is fully published there is a lot to absorb but topline points I took away are: Lambeth comprehensive 10 library provision across the borough becomes '10 static library access points' There will be funding for 5 town centre libraries in Brixton, Clapham West Norwood and Streatham. It plans to decommission existing library service at Carnegie, Minet Waterloo, Upper Norwood Joint Library and either Tate South or Durning. This will be replaced with a 'neighbourhood service that will include WIFI, computers, study space, book stock, programmed activity. Staff will visit regularly, but not be permanently stationed. Management of Upper Norwood Joint Library building to be transferred to the Upper Norwood Library Trust via Croydon Council. Neighbourhood library service to be provided by Lambeth Library Service. Carnegie, Minet and either Tate South or Durning to be made into healthy living centres with gym mixed usage and reduced library service offer buildings to be leased to GLL. A 4 week consultation to inform if Durning Library or Tate South should be a 5th temporary town centre library. Capital provided for new library provision at West Norwood subject to planning permission. Waterloo Library to close to public April 2016 service to be relocated to Lambeth Library Service Oasis Centre. Options appraisal on the long term venue for the Lambeth borough archives to be concluded by September 2016. The report goes before Lambeth Council Cabinet on the 12 October which will be open to the public.