Libraries News Round-up: 1st July 2013

THE BOOKSELLER : 1st July
Libraries must ‘face reality’, warns Ashley
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/libraries-must-face-reality-warns-ashley.html

Sheffield Star : 1st July
Letter |Library campaigners will not go away
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/opinion/letters/library-campaigners-will-not-go-away-1-5812317

Sunderland Echo : 1st July
Sunderland library protestors’ dismay over TV agony aunt’s backing for closure plans
“It seems she has fallen for the council’s propaganda and is now saying  services will improve when the libraries are shut down. This defies all  logic. How can a service improve when it has disappeared?”
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/sunderland-library-protestors-dismay-over-tv-agony-aunt-s-backing-for-closure-plans-1-5812506

Hemsworth & South Elmsall Express : 1st July
Wakefield | South Elmsall library reopens its doors after refurbishment            
http://www.hemsworthandsouthelmsallexpress.co.uk/news/local/south-elmsall-library-reopens-its-doors-after-refurbishment-1-5813559