Leigh Journal: 16 December
Wigan | Library volunteers feel ‘squeezed out’ after service changes
Thurrock Gazette: 16 December
New facilities announced for Aveley Community Hub
Includes a self-serve library
The Guardian: 15 December
The Tories are savaging libraries – and closing the book on social mobility
Hull Daily Mail: 15 December
‘It’s a no-brainer’: Fantastic plans for East Park’s cafe set to go ahead
The pavilion, which stands in the middle of the park, also hosts a popular cafe which will continue to operate alongside the new library.
Hartlepool Mail: 15 December
Durham | Stop-gap library set to open as plans push on with new £1.9m centre
Eastbourne Herald: 15 December
Library letters from the heart
Hereford Times: 15 December
Powys | New home for Knighton Library
Swindon Advertiser: 15 December
Colourful re-opening for children’s library
Scottish Daily Record: 14 December
Dunbartonshire | MSP slams council plans to cut library opening times
Northern Echo: 14 December
Complaints about cost of Crown Street Library court case are ‘silly’, says Darlington councillor
Ilkley Gazette: 14 December
Bradford | MP moves to reassure Ilkley residents over the future of town’s library
Northamptonshire Telegraph: 13 December
‘Unreasonable’ time constraints imposed on groups battling to save Northamptonshire libraries
Bolton News: 13 December
New Little Lever library and health centre plans move step closer
Champion News: 13 December
Lancashire | Up Holland Library to reopen as independent community facility run by Artz for All group
Gazette: 13 December
Lancashire | Pledge over closed library
Spalding Guardian: 13 December
Lincolnshire | Start the new year as a volunteer at Crowland Community Hub
Oxford Mail: 12 December
Take a sneak peek inside Oxford’s new library
BBC News: 12 December
East Sussex | Council’s £720k overspend on library as others to close
News Shopper: 12 December
Greenwich | Plans for expanded Plumstead library including sports hall approved
Warrington Guardian: 12 December
Great Sankey Hub on track to open ‘early’ next year – MP meets board members
inc. library
Warrington Guardian: 12 December
Council chiefs ‘pull rabbit out of hat’ by committing to keep libraries open
Bolton News: 11 December
REVEALED: How the new Little Lever library and health centre could look
Northern Echo: 11 December
Just a fraction of £4.4m funding pot could save Darlington’s Crown Street Library, say campaigners
The Bookseller:11 December
Latest CIPFA figures reveal scale of library closures
The Guardian: 11 December
Figures show children worst hit by library cuts
Public Finance: 11 December
Council spending on libraries cut by £66m last year
LocalGov: 11 December
Council spending on libraries falls by £66m in last year
Digital by Default: 11 December
Calls for government to release vital data about taxpayer-funded libraries
The Scotsman: 11 December
Edinburgh libraries to operate without staff in pilot study
‘Council chiefs say CCTV cameras, emergency telephones, loudspeakers and alarms will ensure security when libraries are unstaffed.’
The Scotsman: 11 December
Leader comment: New chapter for libraries
Express & Star: 11 December
Walsall library needs books not another cafe
Lancashire Post: 11 December
Fulwood library officially re-opens 14 months after closure
The Big Issue: 11 December
We’re going on a book hunt – Big Issue special deliveries are despatched!
The Big Issue’s #whybooksmatter campaign has been backing the fight to save libraries, fund them better, create more librarian jobs in schools, public libraries, prison libraries. And ensure that books are anywhere that they are needed.
The Star: 9 December
‘I’m keen we get it right’: Sheffield museums boss says library and gallery building could become ‘vital and vibrant cultural destination’
Plans to turn venue into ‘cultural hub’
Devon Live: 8 December
Library users across Devon to get modern, user-friendly and improved service with new system and website
Islington Tribute: 8 December
Islington reference library is safe
Eastbourne Herald: 8 December
East Sussex | STEPHEN LLOYD MP: Passion and drive behind library petitions
The Citizen: 8 December
Lancashire | Bolton-le-Sands library reopens to villagers’ delight
The Guardian: 8 December
Letter | Don’t read too much into the Pirls literacy test results
“In our analyses of previous Pirls tests (2006 and 2011), the strongest predictors of achievement were level of poverty (negative) and the presence of a school library (positive).”
The Star: 7 December
Moving beyond hotel plan with library and arts centre vision in Sheffield city centre
The Northern Echo: 7 December
Gateshead Council scraps computer charge in libraries
Warrington Guardian: 7 December
‘We didn’t give up’ – campaigners welcome library recommendations after thousands ‘made voices heard’
Spalding Today: 7 December
Lincolnshire | No progress on Holbeach library move before February
Gazette: 7 December
South Gloucestershire | Thornbury library move given go-ahead
Devon Live: 7 December
Toilets and library services to go as Torbay Council tries to balance the books? LIVE REPORTS
Express & Star: 6 December
Walsall’s Central Library to shut for 10 months in £4.3m revamp
The work will see Central Library redesigned as a ‘hub’, incorporating the local history centre and archive, a cafe, and computer lounge. https://www.expressandstar.
Shropshire Star: 6 December
Question mark over Shropshire’s libraries as future of only seven are secured
Whitchurch Herald: 6 December
Decision on Shropshire Council’s Libraries postponed
The Bookseller: 6 December
One in eight disadvantaged children ‘do not own a book’
Derbyshire Times: 6 December
Derbyshire’s school library service could be axed
Shields Gazette: 6 December
Cabinet to discuss future of four South Tyneside libraries
Chronicle Live: 6 December
Four at risk South Tyneside libraries could now stay open in council deal
The Bookseller: 5 December
Kenilworth Books takes fight for libraries to Theresa May
Stoke Sentinel: 5 December
Staffordshire | Chance to have say on future of local libraries
TES: 5 December
Pirls rankings: England’s primary pupils rise to joint 8th in world at reading
“92 per cent of students have a classroom library in England compared with 72 per cent on average across all countries, and 78 per cent of students in England have more than 50 books in their classroom library compared to 33 per cent on average internationally.”
Schools Week: 5 December
PIRLS 2016: Well-stocked libraries don’t improve reading scores
Year 5 pupils in schools without a library scored an average of 562 points in the test, while those with access to more than 5,000 book titles at schools scored an average of 565.
This pattern was not borne out across the world, however.
Eastbourne Herald: 5 December
East Sussex | Parents protest against planned library closures
Craven Herald: 5 December
Will Bradford Council budget cuts unfairly hit volunteer-run libraries in Silsden, Denholme and Addingham?
Devon Live: 5 December
How the council plans to ‘sell off’ Torbay’s library services – and save £800,000
Nottingham Post: 5 December
Sherwood Library could be demolished and rebuild in new complex with shops, office and homes
Derby Telegraph: 5 December
Derby’s planning chiefs set to ask developers to fund new swimming pools and libraries
Scottish Daily Record: 5 December
Plans to cut library hours in West Dunbartonshire to go to public consultation
Clydebank Post: 5 December
West Dunbartonshire library hours changes halted to consider new Skypoint in Faifley
Express & Star: 4 December
Just 18% of people use Dudley libraries
Warrington Guardian: 4 December
All libraries in town set to stay open after council U-turn
Lancashire Telegraph: 4 December
Volunteer call as reopening date for Oswaldtwistle library confirmed
Scottish Daily Record: 4 December
Plans for £5 million Paisley library unveiled
Kenilworth Weekly News: 4 December
Kenilworth bookshop staff write to Prime Minister with concerns over UK library closures
The Guardian: 2 December
Library closures mean lonely people will be left out in the cold this Christmas time
Warrington Guardian: 2 December
Final call to have your say on Burtonwood Post Office plans
Contact the artist at sgalbraith47@yahoo.co.uk for orders or inquiries.
Swindon Advertiser: 1 December
Letter | Betrayal over library
Shirley Burnham’s letter
http://www.swindonadvertiser.
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press: 1 December
Outdated books and no librarians – schools turn to volunteers as tight budgets risk damaging libraries
Eastbourne Herald: 1 December
East Sussex | Campaigners turn out to protest against planned cuts to libraries
Wimbledon Guardian: 1 December
Merton | New Colliers Wood library set to open next year
The new library will have more space given over to books, a coffee shop, community meeting rooms, special activity zones and a larger children’s area.
Hereford Times: 1 December
Hay library group feel views have been ignored by Powys County Council
Hamstead & Highgate Express: 1 December
Barnet library campaigners slam ‘£1m security costs’
Halesowen News: 1 December
Social enterprise GLL take control of Dudley’s libraries
Birmingham Mail: 1 December
Staffordshire | Work continues on project which will see Lichfield Library relocated to city centre church
Hackney Citizen: 1 December
Stoke Newington Town Hall revamp is ‘not a sell-off’, says Mayor as cabinet agrees site’s future
Stoke Newington Library will carry on as normal but an “exhibition space or a small café/coffee kiosk” might be added to the foyer.
The former reference library could become a café or restaurant.
Border County Advertizer: 1 December
Shropshire Council’s Library Strategy goes to cabinet
Whitchurch Herald: 1 December
Shropshire | Wem library upgraded after public consultation
Keighley News: 30 November
Bradford | “Keighley Library and Cliffe Castle Museum safe from closure” – council leader
Ilkley Gazette: 30 November
Bradford | Further council cuts on the way in bid to save £30m by 2020
Biggest cuts likely to affect street cleaning and library service & museums, including closures.
About Manchester: 30 November
Death knoll for ten Bury Libraries which will close on the 20th December
Bury Times: 30 November
Radcliffe library services to be chopped in face of Bury-wide closures
Western Telegraph: 30 November
Pembrokeshire | Milford library move to Meads unlikely to go ahead after fears it would ‘kill’ indoor bowls club
iNews: 30 November
His Dark Materials author Philip Pullman condemns ministers for school libraries decline
Midsomer Norton & Radstock Journal: 30 November
Bath & NE Somerset | Opposition call-in fails to stop library plans
Accrington Observer: 30 November
Lancashire | Oswaldtwistle library opening date confirmed
Brixton Buzz: 29 November
Council leader Lib Peck urged to ‘stand aside’ as Carnegie trust leaders quit
The Bookseller: 29 November
Plans to close 28 Northamptonshire libraries ‘monstrous’
Northamptonshire Telegraph: 29 November
Announcement of further Northamptonshire County Council cuts delayed
BBC: 29 November
Warrington libraries contract ‘against rules’, say auditors
Bury Times: 29 November
Closing date for 10 of the borough’s libraries announced
http://www.burytimes.co.uk/new
The Bookseller: 28 November 2017
Northern Echo: 28 November
Court will hear of the battle to save Darlington’s historic Crown Street Library today
Northern Echo: 28 November
Judge orders further scrutiny of Darlington’s Crown Street Library closure plans
The Guardian: 28 November
Northamptonshire may close up to 28 of its 36 libraries
Northamptonshire Telegraph: 28 November
‘We grew up in libraries’: Northamptonshire’s authors pen protest letter to county council over cuts
The Gazette: 28 November
South Gloucestershire | Decision on relocation of Thornbury library to be made next week
2BR: 28 November
Lancashire |Another milestone in library programme
Burnley Campus Library reopens – the third in Lancashire to do so
Diss Express: 28 November
Suffolk | Early drawings show what Eye’s brand new library could look like
Bexley Times: 28 November
Crayford Library temporarily closes as post office work begins
East Anglian Daily Times: 28 November
Suffolk’s library service welcomes new funding deal for next four years
Richmond & Twickenham Times: 28 November
Harsh cuts threaten Lambeth libraries to the brink of closure
Birmingham Mail: 28 November
Anger as Sutton Coldfield Library to shut for ‘MONTHS’ to make building fit for tenants
The Independent: 27 November
Voices: We have the lowest teenage literacy rates in the OECD – and the Government wants us to shut down more school libraries
Darlington Times: 27 November
North Yorkshire libraries look to the future
Bristol Post: 27 November
Stay of execution for 17 libraries under threat to undertake a 4-month consultation to see if it is feasible to run libraries ‘another way’
Eastbourne Herald: 27 November
East Sussex | Campaigners organise protest walk to save Langney Library
Telegraph & Argus: 27 November
Bradford Council set to axe 150 jobs as budget is slashed by a further £30m
“Library services will be slashed by £950,000
North Somerset Times: 27 November
Swipe-card entry system to be introduced at library to increase opening hours
The Gazette: 26 November
South Gloucestershire | New volunteers find their feet at Chipping Sodbury’s library
Brixton Buzz: 26 November
Lambeth’s shame: photos of the still-closed Carnegie Library, November 2017
Clitheroe Advertiser: 26 November
Lancashire | Axed library to reopen in 2018
Bath Chronicle: 25 November
Mobile library spared but threat of closure still hangs over branch libraries in Bath and north east Somerset
Manchester Evening Standard: 25 November
Bury | The closing date for these 10 libraries has been revealed as more than two-thirds of town’s branches shut down
Northamptonshire Telegraph: 24 November
‘Option four’ motion to spare Northamptonshire’s libraries from cuts rejected by county council
Bath Echo: 24 November
Mobile library set to stay as part of revised proposals for community libraries
Craven Herald: 24 November
North Yorkshire | Libraries celebrate success since being taken over by volunteers
33 libraries now community-managed
Bristol Post: 24 November
Bristol’s libraries have been saved – for now
Bristol 24/7: 24 November
Lifeline for Bristol’s threatened libraries
Western Telegraph: 24 November
Pembrokeshire | Library planned for Haverfordwest gets Saturday open hours funding
Vassall View blog: 24 November
Lambeth | Minet neighbourhood library service extended
Blackpool Gazette: 24 November
Lancashire | Dear Santa, can you save our library?’
Accrington Observer: 24 November
Lancashire | New and improved Oswaldtwistle library ‘could be open by February’
Tamworth Informed: 24 November
Staffordshire | People invited to help shape future of county’s libraries service