Birmingham Mail : 18 November
Libraries in Birmingham will be closed for 9 days for Christmas and New Year 2016
Closure due to inadequate staffing levels as staff take leave over the break
Closure due to inadequate staffing levels as staff take leave over the break
Glasgow Live : 18 November
Glasgow Libraries are giving away free books at GoMA today ahead of Book Week Scotland
“The more I visit libraries, and the more I speak to people who rely on their library service, the more I have come to see how important they are to communities – so much more than just a place to borrow books.”
Evening Standard : 18 November
Muswell Hill: Row erupts over plans to move library to ‘dark and oppressive pub
Gazette News : 18 November
COLUMN: ‘Could there be anything more beautiful, more aspirational or more sexy than a public library?’
Brent and Lilburn Times : 18 November
Stars to host fundraising entertainment night for Kensal Rise Community Library
Article highlights quite how hard it is to run a volunteer-run reading room. £80K raised with more needed for furniture and equipment.
The Citizen : 18 November
Lancashire | Village libraries in Eccleston and Coppull get a reprieve
The libraries will now retain their current level of provision until March 2018, giving time for a “community-based service” to be considered.
http://www.chorleycitizen.co.
The libraries will now retain their current level of provision until March 2018, giving time for a “community-based service” to be considered.
http://www.chorleycitizen.co.
2BR News : 18 November
Lancashire | Another two years for Coppull library
From ‘Save Coppull library’ to ‘Friends of Coppull library’ – it will now be funded by Chorley Council until 2018.
http://www.2br.co.uk/news/
From ‘Save Coppull library’ to ‘Friends of Coppull library’ – it will now be funded by Chorley Council until 2018.
http://www.2br.co.uk/news/
2BR News : 18 November
Lancashire | Trawden library will be saved – it’s just a question of who by
http://www.2br.co.uk/news/
http://www.2br.co.uk/news/
South Wales Evening Post : 18 November
Residents urge council to save local libraries from funding cuts as it tries to save £11 million
http://www.southwales-
