Libraries News Round-up: 28 January 2016

THE GUARDIAN : 28th January
How the battle to save Lincolnshire’s libraries became a full-time job
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/28/battle-save-lincolnshire-libraries-full-time-job

THE GUARDIAN : 28th January
‘Speak up before there’s nothing left’: authors rally for National Libraries Day
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/28/authors-rally-national-libraries-day-philip-ardagh-ann-cleeves

THE BOOKSELLER : 28th January
Top authors to celebrate National Libraries Day, lobby parliament
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/top-authors-celebrate-national-libraries-day-and-join-sufl-lobby-321220

Keighley News : 28th January
Bradford | Mixed response for council’s “vastly improved” offer to save Silsden library from closure
http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/14236239.Mixed_response_for_council_s__quot_vastly_improved_quot__offer_to_save_Silsden_library_from_closure/

Hertfordshire Mercury : 28th January
Business plan to save Buntingford Library unveiled
http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/Business-plan-save-Buntingford-Library-unveiled/story-28623972-detail/story.html

South Wales Evening Post: 28th January
Neath Port Talbot | Much-loved museum and two community libraries spared closure
http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/New-dad-disgusted-treatment-newborn-daughter/story-28623263-detail/story.html

Steven Heywood : 27th January
Blog | Library Taskforce: “community libraries” toolkit
We need to address the brief you’ve been given,  …
http://stevenheywoodlibrarystuff.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/library-task-force-community-libraries.html?m=1