Railway workers' library network threatened as SNCF ends internal mail
The lending service that ships thousands of books to railway employees each year could lose its delivery system on 31 December, when SNCF's internal mail shuts down. Librarians are mobilising this Thursday at Gare de Lyon.
A library network built for SNCF employees is facing an uncertain future, according to Livres Hebdo. The service relies on the company's internal mail to send thousands of books a year to railway workers across France, and that mail system is set to end on 31 December.
The lending network had already been weakened by the Covid crisis, Livres Hebdo reports, and no replacement solution for distributing the books has yet been found.
Librarians involved in the service are calling for a mobilisation this Thursday, 22 October, at the Gare de Lyon in Paris, to draw attention to the threat facing what the outlet describes as a close-to-home reading service for cheminots.
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