A digest of today’s news items, reproduced here, with kind permission from Shirley Burnham who collated it. For up to date libraries news follow @ShirleyBurnham on Twitter.
Don’t Privatise Libraries : 17th February
The Myth of the 21st Century Library – Part 2
http://dontprivatiselibraries.
THE OBSERVER : 17th February
It’s not what a library stocks, it’s what it shares
The first digital-only library in the US raises key questions about the broader purpose of a library
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Brent & Kilburn Times : 14th February
Brent Council branded farcical over Willesden Green Library blunder
http://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/
Harringay Online : 16th February
Imminent cuts to library services in Haringey
. Deletion of mobile and housebound library services
. Deletion of Schools Library Service
http://www.harringayonline.
Swedish article will appear in Eng translation
Learn from the UK library slaughter
http://translate.google.com/
