Local Library In Scotland Offers Free Pole Dancing Lesson To Attract Visitors

Pole Dancing Lessons To Be Offered At Local Library
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Council bosses in Scotland have devised a series of news ways to attract people to public libraries: including offering free pole-dancing lessons.

Faced with government cuts and declining borrowing numbers, Midlothian council is running the class at Mayfield library in Dalkeith to coincide with Love Your Libraries Day on 2 February.

Across the region libraries are offering a variety of activities, including head massages, Scottish country dancing, Xbox challenges and ‘booky table tennis’ – a variation of ping pong that involves using books as bats.

But most surprising is the pole-dancing session which will run in the afternoon and only be open to people over 16.

The threat to UK libraries has been a significant issue since the onset of the government’s austerity measures, with Newcastle and Sheffield among the areas worst hit with extensive cut backs to the service.

The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has predicted more than 1,100 library staff and 1,720 opening hours a week will be cut from libraries in 2013, as £22.5m in spending is gradually removed.