Web-based library service suggested [1]: Innovative steps need to be adopted by London's public libraries to maintain relevance among an increasingly discerning Google generation, a conference has been told. Culture minister Margaret Hodge suggested opening the capital's public libraries during evenings and all weekend, introducing a web-based lending service with home delivery and striking deals with Starbucks or Costa. In a keynote speech to the Association of London Chief Librarians in Brighton, delegates heard that although spending has risen 17% in the past ten years, the number of books borrowed has dropped 34%.

See also: Public libraries told to innovate or die out [2], from The Times (UK), where they know how to write a headline.