Sir,

Those members of the public who braved the atrocious elements on Friday, January 25, to attend a talk and digital image display by Pembrokeshire artist, Guy Manning, at Tenby Library, were amply rewarded for their effort.

This plenary event, which included delicious interval-time wine and nibbles, hosted by Tenby librarians, Tracy and Cathy, availed the audience of Guy's individual working methods and demonstrated what a great facility Tenby has on its doorstep in the library and its hall at the Greenhill Centre: a facility which could be used by many more people for many types of events. Is Tenby going to allow 'the Kindle Revolution' to deprive its townspeople of the central location of its library and hall.

Many of us, representing all age groups, from Greenhill School students to the elderly and retired, are regulars who use the library's computers on a sometimes daily basis. Moving the library to a less accessible location further from Tenby town centre is, in my view, shortsighted and unrealistic. If Pembrokeshire County Council wishes to keep all its libraries open, thereby ensuring continued jobs for present staff, helping to keep vandalism and other antisocial behaviour off our streets by exciting minds with all that libraries have to offer, there needs to be a Think Tank on how to promote Pembrokeshire libraries as an exciting resource - as exciting as the advertising for Anna Ryder Richardson's 'Wild Welsh Zoo'.

Where better to hold the Think Tank and launch a competition for local schoolchildren to design a really 'cool' logo promoting the library service, than the hall at Tenby Library?

A library is an example, par excellence, of a building which amounts to far more than the sum of its parts; inside its bookcovers dragons roar courtesy of J.K. Rowling; the genus loci comes alive through local history, local art, and travel guides.

Let's not lose our library - to a location that wouldn't tempt us to visit it so much. Let's live up to the national emblem of those who reside in Wales and roar our protest at this latest-seeming outrage concerning a local facility held dear by many. And in between our expressions of disapproval, brainstorm ideas for keeping all Pembrokeshire libraries open and in central locations.

The next event to occur in the hall at Tenby Library is a Murder Mystery Evening on February 22. All welcome. Free entry.

Anne Alton,

Tenby.