Arts Professional: 16 August
Government to boost charities’ role in public services
‘The document highlights the growing number of libraries run by communities or employees. It says that the government “will encourage further peer learning and support between mutual and community-managed libraries, and ongoing positive relationships and support between them and their local library authorities”.

Falkirk Herald: 16 August
Falkirk Library will still become an advice hub

East Anglian Daily Times: 16 August
Visits to Suffolk libraries dropped by 60,000 in the past four years

Libraries News Round-up: 26 February 2016

THE GUARDIAN : 26th February Bradford council washes its hands of 14 libraries after 'devastating' budget cuts http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/26/bradford-council-washes-its-hands-of-14-libraries-after-devastating-budget-cuts Oxford Mail : 26th February Spelling out our libraries’ future after council…