http://www.cilip.org.uk/archive/archive2010/pla2010/Pages/default.aspx - the 2010 Public Library Authorities Conference organised by CILIP was sponsored by LSSI and John Laing, two private library management companies sponsoring a public library conference, call me naive but I personally find this to be an incredible conflict of interests? And by the way the title of the conference was "What future for public libraries in the age of austerity", you couldn't make it up could you?
In fact CILIP has had representatives from LSSI at a number of its past and future briefings;
http://www.cilip.org.uk/archive/archive2010/outsourcing2010/programme/pages/default.aspx
http://www.cilip.org.uk/outsourcing2011/programme/pages/default.aspx
Would the BMA have a private healthcare company sponsoring their conference?
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