Libraries News Round-up: 3rd March 2014

Booktrade Info : 3rd March
Press Release | Public Library E-lending Pilots Launched Today 
http://www.booktrade.info/index.php/showarticle/52617

Save Lincolnshire Libraries : 3rd March
An open Letter to Mr Ed Vaizey MP re Lincolnshire Libraries
http://savelincslibraries.org.uk/2014/03/03/an-open-letter-to-mr-ed-vaizey-mp-re-lincolnshire-libraries/

Library Journal : 3rd March
The Closing of British Libraries
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned what bad shape some British and Canadian libraries were compared to American libraries. Apparently I got only part of the story, because the British situation seems to be getting even worse.
http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2014/03/03/the-closing-of-british-libraries/

Leicester Mercury : 3rd March
Letter | Librarians being put in firing line
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Librarians-firing-line/story-20742146-detail/story.html

Leicester Mercury : 3rd March
Leicestershire library cuts  looming
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Library-cuts-looming/story-20740842-detail/story.html