THE public is urged to answer the Mayor of Ilminster’s rallying cry to work together to keep the town’s library open.

Councillor Val Keitch is organising a public meeting to discuss the future of what has been described as an “important community facility.”

Somerset County Council is consulting on the future of library services and has so far tabled three options for Ilminster:

  1. No change to the existing library services;
  2. providing library services through a partnership with the local community to maintain a library building in Ilminster;
  3. by delivering outreach library services, such as at events, activities and small book collections.

The Mayor said: “The library is important to many people and offers so much more than borrowing books, it is an important community facility.

“The meeting will be a chance for people to learn about the options and for them to put forward their own thoughts and suggestions.

"I am confident that by working together we can find a way of keeping library services in Ilminster.”

Swanmead School will host the meeting at 7.30pm on March 22.