New members flocking in to Cumbrian libraries

Cumbria County Council reports that new users are flocking into libraries across the county.

Between September and December 2008, the number of people who joined the Cumbrian library service was 39 per cent up on the figure for the same period of the previous year.

An extra 4,989 members joined up during those four months - a highly impressive figure bearing in mind the large but sparsely-populated county has only just over half a million residents in total.