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.

Question Everything : 7th April
We will economise on the beaches
It also doesn’t bode well for other libraries that are currently being forced down this route.  How many will be Chalfonts and how many will be Walcots?

http://questioneverythingtheytellyou.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-min=2013-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2014-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=10

Don’t Privatise Libraries : 7th April
Disney and Bookshops in Public Libraries; exciting or a conflict?
http://dontprivatiselibraries.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/disney-and-bookshops-in-public.html

Bracknell News : 7th April
Sunningdale Library to open on Sundays for trial period
http://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/bracknell/articles/2013/04/07/88236-sunningdale-library-to-open-on-sundays-for-trial-period/

About My Area : 7th April
Milton Keynes | New Kingston Library Starts To Take Shape 
http://www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/Buckinghamshire/Milton-Keynes/MK9/News/Local-News/245134-New-Kingston-Library-Starts-To-Take-Shape

Library News Round-up: 11 June 2015

THE BOOKSELLER : 11th JuneWi-fi for all libraries by March 2016 http://www.thebookseller.com/news/wi-fi-all-libraries-march-2016 Bromley Times : 11th JuneBromley residents urged to take a stand against ‘mass privatisation plans’http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/news/bromley_residents_urged_to_take_a_stand_against_mass_privatisation_plans_1_4108232 Cambrian News : 11th JuneGwynedd | Outrage at…