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Funding and governance of library and information services for visually impaired people: international case studies

Part2:Country studies

UK

Are the models in flux?

The merger between RNIB and NLB and the creation of Share the Vision shows that there is a will to rationalize services in the voluntary sector and change the way they work with public libraries, but there is no sign that government policy is changing in relation to the way the public sector provides services, beyond setting standards.