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.
Co-operative News : 27th March
How co-operatives can help save our community libraries
http://www.thenews.coop/
DCMS : 27th March
Press Release | Review of E-Lending Published
https://www.gov.uk/government/
SCL : 27th March
Society of Chief Librarians Welcomes Government’s E-Lending Review Recommendations
http://www.goscl.com/society-
Society of Authors : 27th March
Library lending of ebooks
http://www.societyofauthors.
THE BOOKSELLER : 27th March
Sieghart recommends free, remote e-lending for libraries
http://www.thebookseller.com/
Phil Bradley’s Weblog : 27th March
An Independent Review of E-Lending in Public Libraries in England
http://philbradley.typepad.
THE BOOKSELLER : 27th March
PLR to transfer to British Library
http://www.thebookseller.com/
PLR News : 27th March
PLR transfers to The British Library
http://www.plr.uk.com/
British Library : 27th March
Public Lending Right transfer
http://pressandpolicy.bl.uk/
Public Library News 26th March
Editorial | Guardian reports that paid staff “have learned a lot from the volunteers”
THE GUARDIAN : 27th March
LGA faces body blow as eight leading cities serve notice to quit
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Wandsworth Guardian : 27th March
New management for Wandsworth’s libraries after Easter
http://www.wandsworthguardian.
Rhyl Journal : 27th March
Denbighshire | Library will be a new chapter for Prestatyn town
http://www.rhyljournal.co.uk/