Pressure on Public Libraries from migrant workers and Weeding, the academics worst nightmare.

Two interesting stories have appeared in my local rag, the first one is a report from the Local Government Association stating that migrant workers are ‘hogging’ the public access PC’s in local libraries, and the second one was an article about students protesting against Exeter University weeding some books in the main Streatham Campus library.
So first off, Public access PC’s.
I felt like banging my head against a wall when I read this.  I am not going to start becoming political about this, because this is not the arena for it, but the answer to this is for local government to increase spending in local libraries and to increase the number of public access PC’s. 
Migrant workers seem to be an ongoing issue here in the UK, and generally the handling of Polish immigrants has been atrocious.  I have been shocked and saddened at the xenophobia of the media and this country in general and it shows how much of an island nation we are.  If migrant workers are putting pressure on public resources then the logical answer is to increase spending to accomodate greater use.  This is not going to happen as the government has pretty much forgotten that public libraries exist, at least the funding that they give would be indicitive of the general opinion that this government seems to follow.

Second. Weeding.
Anyone reading this who works in an academic library will feel for Exeter University librarians. We have just undergone a similiar period of much upheaval and much of our book stock has been pulped but one of the most important functions of a library is the rotation and replenishment of stock, ensuring that stock is up to date and current and most importantly, relevant to the curriculums of the departments that use the collection.  Some staff cannot see why a library would need to do this, but space is at a premium in many institutions so this is another important factor as well.
Book stock has to be weeded and communication between staff and students is very important.  Publication of the criteria that staff must follow is important, so people know why  some books have been chosen and others have been kept.  It is a divisive and emotional issue for some staff, especially those still believe that libraries must contain books and nothing else. 
I do not sympathise with students as they are shooting themselves in the foot, yes they can keep their books but there will be no space for new and uptodate ones.