A digest of today’s news items, reproduced here, with kind permission from Shirley Burnham who collated it.  For up to date libraries news follow @ShirleyBurnham on Twitter.

Sheffield Telegraph : 13th January
Fears stack up for Sheffield’s community libraries
“We’ve been a marginal ward in recent years but if Labour close our library, they won’t have any councillors around here.”
http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/fears-stack-up-for-sheffield-s-community-libraries-1-5302055

Public Libraries News : 12th January
“What does a library look like in 2013?” – Summary of Guardian online chat
http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/01/what-does-a-library-look-like-in-2013-summary-of-guardian-online-chat.html