Libraries News Round-up: 30th January 2014

Inside Croydon : 30th January
Carillion cuts jobs just weeks after taking over libraries
http://insidecroydon.com/2014/01/30/carillion-cuts-jobs-just-weeks-after-taking-over-libraries/ 

Lincolnshire Echo : 30th January
Lincolnshire Libraries – last chance to save them tomorrow
http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Lincolnshire-Libraries-chance-save-tomorrow/story-20527198-detail/story.html

Herald Scotland : 30th January
Letter | Library is a vital facility
That this savage cut is threatened in Scotland’s National Book Town is perverse. Our role is to defend literacy and the written word, and this short-sighted scheme is unacceptable.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/letters/library-is-a-vital-facility.23304338

Herald Scotland : 30th January
International campaign to defend book town’s library
Jan Klovstad, president of the International Organisation of Booktowns, has sent a message to campaigners in Wigtown who are opposed to the proposals.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/international-campaign-to-defend-book-towns-library.23296608

Save Bury Library : 29th January
Presentation to Bury Council 
Sculpture Centre  
http://saveburylibrary.blog.com/2014/01/29/presentation-to-bury-council-290114/

Gloucester Citizen : 30th January
Gloucestershire libraries’ computers targeted for pornography websites
http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Gloucestershire-libraries-computers-targeted/story-20528689-detail/story.html