Question Everything : 5th July Press statements are not delivered under oath
The leadership in the library profession has failed to promote libraries to the people who hold the purse strings and instead have spent their time navel gazing and jumping on every blue sky band wagon that passes by. They are as much responsible for the mess we find libraries in as the councillors and politicians slashing the libraries budgets in my opinion. http://questioneverythingtheytellyou.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/press-statements-are-not-delivered.html
BBC News : 5th July Powys mobile library service ‘under review’
Mobile library services in rural parts of Wales are under a review which could see them cut. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23201991
Politics.co.uk : 4th July Comment: Our museums need to confront politics
Public organisations that display the past often shy away from the gritty realities of the big political issues or ideologies – and that needs to change. The relationship between politics and public institutions – in the form of museums, libraries and art galleries – has always been complex. There is little in history or art that is not in some way political. http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2013/07/04/comment-our-museums-need-to-confront-politics
This Is Bristol : 3rd July This is the worst blow in hundreds of years It is shameful that they are being threatened in this way. People should be made aware of the threat to both the bookstock and to the service from those who short-sightedly see only short-term profit at the expense of their fellow citizens’ cultural property. http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/worst-blow-hundreds-years/story-19462687-detail/story.html
Market Rasen Mail : 2nd July Reaction to library consultation “You may be lucky enough to end up with only a half-hour bus ride to the nearest council-run library – the county council thinks this should be good enough for you. But for many people, the rising cost of travel means that a visit to the library will become an occasional luxury.” http://www.marketrasenmail.co.uk/news/local/reaction-to-library-consultation-1-5243076
Horncastle News : 30th June Libraries under threat as council bids to save budget
“The county council say they’ll run a public consultation in July, to ‘gauge the appetite’ for cuts to public libraries. We don’t think the people of Lincolnshire have any ‘appetite’ to lose their valued local library, and we’ll continue to campaign against these destructive cuts to public services.” http://www.horncastlenews.co.uk/community/libraries-under-threat-as-council-bids-to-save-budget-1-5235784
Southend Echo : 29th June Volunteer idea ‘will kill’ library
The Friends of Kent Elms Library has warned the library, where visits rose by 12.7 per cent between 2008/09 and 2010/11, would “wither and die” if paid staff were axed. http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/10511536.Volunteer_idea__will_kill__library/
Jesmond Local : 29th June Newcastle | Residents’ bus service to continue despite Library closure
Though the doors have closed on Jesmond Library today as the council cuts its funding, residents have been reassured that their community bus service will continue through to at least the end of the year despite the closure. Passengers feared the service would stop but plans have been announced to take passengers to Byker library instead. http://jesmondlocal.com/2013/06/residents-bus-service-to-continue-despite-library-closure/
You can watch the live stream of the meeting with Brian Ashley from the Arts Council, The Library Campaign and prominent library campaigners here:http://justin.tv/rubymalvolio
Follow the debate and contribute on twitter by using the hashtag #TLCaskACE
The meeting is due to start at 2pm and is scheduled to finish at 4:30pm.
This Is Hampshire : 27th June Library service being run into the ground, warns union Funding cuts have been directed at library services but in Wiltshire, where there has been a successful campaign to recruit volunteers, cracks are now appearing. Last week it was revealed that Ludgershall library, which is run by volunteers, has had to close on Thursday afternoons for the next six months because the number of volunteers has dropped off. http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/10500466.Library_service_being_run_into_the_ground__warns_union/
THE GUARDIAN : 26th June In Newcastle, libraries and pools shut as spending cuts reality bites
“I’m devastated by it. Libraries are part of the move towards civilised society. They are a sense that our collective knowledge is available to all in a publicly accessible space. The idea that we have to close them is just appalling … ” http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jun/26/newcastle-spending-cuts
THE BOOKSELLER : 26th June CSR spares arts budget, but not libraries
Arts Council England (ACE) has described the cuts detailed in the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review as the “best case scenario in what are difficult and testing times”. http://www.thebookseller.com/news/csr-spares-arts-budget-not-libraries.html
Northern Scot : 25th June Moray |Library consultation draws to a close
A council spokesman said: “The consultation has generated a very good response and the analysis of the completed questionnaires will focus on issues relating to groups protected under the Equality Act 2010.” http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/News/Library-consultation-draws-to-a-close-24062013.htm
Henley Standard : 24th June Deal agreed to keep library running after staffing cuts
Campaigners have reached an agreement to keep Benson library going after funding cuts come into effect next year. The Friends of Benson Library group has provisionally agreed staffing arrangements following four months of negotiations with Oxfordshire County Council. The library in Castle Square is one of 16 due to lose half their staff funding from the council. http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=1299075
Medium.com : 18th June A Plea to Keep Libraries Alive
This is my love letter to libraries and the serendipitous discoveries we make inside: the books we find, the knowledge we devour, and the occasional human encounters. https://medium.com/geek-empire-1/68f89054803a
DAILY MIRROR : 18th June Jobless forced to pay for library internet access just as more services move online
A survey of 2,000 library staff by Britain’s biggest public sector union Unison for its annual conference in Liverpool this week, uncovered a sorry picture of rising charges, shrinking opening hours and job losses in those libraries managing to escape being shutdown. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jobless-forced-pay-library-internet-1959330
Now Bath : 18th June Mobile Library Reduces Service With New Timetable
The publication of the revised timetable comes following a campaign by Conservative councillors to save the mobile library from being axed entirely by the Liberal Democrat-run authority. http://www.nowbath.co.uk/news/mobile-library-reduces-service-with-new-timetable-50624/
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