News and Views
September 13, 2017
Eastbourne Herald: 13 September
East Sussex | Lib Dems launch petition to stop library closures
Ludlow Advertiser: 13 September
Shropshire | Consultation on library services
Gazette Series: 13 September
Sth Gloucestershire | Plans to move Thornbury’s Armstrong Hall and library to community centre go on show to the public
The Bookseller: 13 September
Simple public libraries — by Tim Coates
Basingstoke Observer: 13 September
Hampshire | Extent of potential cuts revealed as county council looks to save £140m
Cost-cutting measures including reducing staffing in libraries
Lichfield Mercury: 13 September
Staffordshire | Work to create new Lichfield library in city centre church to begin next week
Lichfield Live: 13 September
Staffordshire | Work set to begin on £1.2million project to create new home for Lichfield Library
Lancashire Post: 13 September
Adlington Library could be run by Lancashire County Council again

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News and Views
September 12, 2017

Warrington Guardian: 12 September
MP Helen Jones labels LiveWire ‘incompetent organisation’ after seeing ‘damning’ report
Eastbourne Herald: 12 September
East Sussex | Councillors oppose proposed library closures
Hastings Observer: 12 September
East Sussex | Proposals to close Ore’s library ‘outrageous’
Sussex Express: 12 September
East Sussex | Lewes MP ‘disappointed’ by proposed library closures
Melton Times: 12 September
Leicestershire | Library users may get self-access
Cornwall Live: 12 September
Historic day as town council takes over running of library and other assets
Get Surrey: 12 September
Surrey Performing Arts Library where you can borrow plays and sheet music under threat of closure
iNews: 12 September
Why the future of UK libraries is in the ‘connection, not the collection’
Hereford Times: 12 September
Powys | Knighton library gets ready for move to new community hub

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News and Views
September 11, 2017

Stop the privatisation of Public Libraries: 10 September

Libraries SOS Day 19/10/17 – is it enough?
Leicester Mercury: 11 September
Futuristic ‘self-access’ technology could replace library staff in Leicestershire
North Wales Chronicle: 11 September
Anglesey | Council seek your views on island library service
Five libraries under threat
Ham & High: 11 September
Authors lead fight to save children’s librarians in Haringey
Protest as children’s librarians’ expertise could be lost following changes to their job descriptions
Ham & High: 11 September
Haringey | Campaigners claim victory as Highgate Library relocation plan dropped
Eastbourne Herald:11 September
East Sussex | Plans to permanently close libraries in Eastbourne a ‘dreadful decision’
Seven libraries under threat

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News and Views
September 9, 2017

Weston Mercury: 9 September

Nth Somerset| Could merging libraries and children’s centres be a ‘revelation’ for ‘bridging the generation gap’?
Children’s Centre & Worle Library merge. Less space for children’s centre and fewer books stocked by the library.
Nottingham Post: 9 September
Take a look around Beeston Library after major revamp

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News and Views
September 8, 2017
Question Everything blog: 7 September
Proper Gander
Bath Chronicle: 8 September
LETTER: Library facilities would be ‘decimated’ by proposed move to Lewis House
BBC News: 8 September
Warrington £16m leisure scheme finances ‘shocking’, says MP
Hub to include a library. Auditors criticised the way “large sums” had been spent despite an “unsigned” contract for the new Great Sankey Hub.
Huddersfield Examiner: 8 September
Kirklees | Threatened Honley Library could have been thrown a lifeline
Parish Council & volunteers step in
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News and Views
September 7, 2017
Ham & High: 7 September
Top authors organise protest over Haringey Council’s library changes
This is Wiltshire: 7 September
Parish councillors clash over future of north Swindon’s libraries

The Citizen: 7 September 
Library visits fall across Lancashire, figures reveal
Stoke Sentinel: 7 September
Staffordshire libraries could introduce self-service to save £1.3m – but would you feel safe going in on your own?
Burton Mail: 7 September
Staffordshire | £1.3m budget cuts could see Burton and Uttoxeter libraries become ‘self-service’ out of hours
Bury Times: 7 September
Bury Council suggests you can take over one of its library buildings – it does not go down well
Ilkley Gazette: 7 September
Fate of village library to be decided at crunch meeting
Bromsgrove Standard: 7 September
Worcestershire | Council in controversial talks to move Rubery Library to a village church

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News and Views
September 6, 2017
The Bookseller: 6 September
Authors protest ‘axing’ of Haringey children’s librarians
Express & Star: 6 September
Staffordshire libraries will go unmanned in £1.3m cuts
Express & Star: 6 September
Walsall | High hopes for library site’s future
Pheasey Library is to reopen as a book exchange
Hartlepool Mail: 6 September
Durham | First look at new community library
Plans to more Peterlee Library into leisure centre
ITV News: 5 September

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News and Views
September 4, 2017
Salisbury Journal: 4 September
Wiltshire | Mobile library service faces cuts under latest council review
ITV News: 4 September
Derby libraries volunteer shake-up dubbed ‘immoral’
Derby Telegraph: 4 September
Volunteers have five weeks to decide if they want to run a Derby library
Cambridge Independent: 4 September
Cambridgeshire County Labour leader questions rise in Tory allowances amid cuts
Services such as libraries are being cut as councillor allowances rise.
Penarth Times: 4 September 2017
Vale of Glamorgan | Sully and Lavernock Library celebrates a year of being community run with event
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News and Views
September 3, 2017
iNews: 3 September
Bury | Council asks for ideas to turn former libraries into ‘assets of community value’
Manchester Evening News: 3 September
Bury council tweeted about making closed libraries into ‘valued assets’ and everyone said the same thing
This is Wiltshire: 3 September
Swindon | Community rallies together for summer barbecue fundraiser
Covingham Library Trust fundraising event. Plans include professional library staff working with volunteers.
Brixton Buzz: 3 September
Hilarious Carnegie campaigning leaflet as Lambeth Labour claim to re-open library after local Cllr’s ‘push’
Public Libraries News: 3 September
Editorial | In praise of children’s libraries
The Guardian: 2 September

Read my lips – the library will always be my first love
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News and Views
September 1, 2017
CILIP Update: 31 August
Update talks to Gill Furniss, shadow business minister and chair of the Libraries All Party Parliamentary Group
 “I have every respect for volunteers but it is devaluing the profession.”

Brixton Buzz: 31 August
Lambeth | In photos: Carnegie Library campaigners stage candlelit procession in south London, Thurs 31st Aug
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2017/08/in-photos-carnegie-library-campaigners-stage-candelit-procession-in-south-london-thurs-31st-aug/

Coventry Telegraph: 1 September
Some of Coventry’s libraries are changing – here’s what you need to know
Image taken at event with storyteller John Kirk, at Wibsley Library in Bradford, West Yorkshire
Image taken at event with storyteller John Kirk, at Wibsley Library in Bradford, West Yorkshire
News and Views
August 31, 2017

Derby Telegraph: 30 August
Hunt for volunteers to run Derby libraries begins on Monday
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/hunt-volunteers-run-derby-libraries-402583

Leon’s Library Blog: 30 August
Design for the Future – by Dr Malcolm Rigler
https://leonslibraryblog.com/2017/08/30/design-for-the-future/
“GPs  around the UK are only now beginning to understand that they have a responsibility to guide patients and carers to reliable sources of information with the support of the library service.”

Borders Telegraph: 31 August
Gruffalo author Julia backs Borders Libraries
http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/15503405.Gruffalo_author_Julia_backs_Borders_Libraries/

Grimsby Telegraph: 31 August
NE Lincolnshire | Green light for public consultation on reduction of library opening times
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/green-light-public-consultation-reduction-399780

Brixton Blog: 31 August
Lambeth | Carnegie library candlelight protest
http://www.brixtonblog.com/carnegie-library-candlelight-protest/46743

The Bookseller: 31 August
Lambeth | Carnegie Library to see candlelit procession protest tonight
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/candle-lit-rally-625671

Brixton Buzz: 31 August
Lambeth | Library campaigners to lead candle-lit procession to the closed Carnegie Library tonight, 31st August
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2017/08/library-campaigners-to-lead-candle-lit-procession-to-the-closed-carnegie-library-tonight-31st-august/

Express & Star: 31 August
Walsall | Library doors to open once again
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/walsall/2017/08/31/library-doors-to-open-once-again/

Hunts Post: 31 August
Cambridgeshire | Workshops set to focus on future of library service in Huntingdonshire
http://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/workshops-set-to-focus-on-future-of-library-service-in-huntingdonshire-1-5175986

Leigh Journal: 31 August
Wigan | Letter: Government targets being met at a cost
http://www.leighjournal.co.uk/yoursay/leighetters/15503143.Government_targets_being_met_at_a_cost/
“But I think it is the libraries that are the biggest mess.’

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News and Views
August 30, 2017

DIGIT News: 30 August
City Of Glitcherature: IT Leaves Edinburgh Libraries Bare
Problematic IT systems have left Edinburgh’s libraries unable to handle book requests since February.
http://digit.fyi/edinburgh-library-problems/

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Fife Today: 30 August
Levenmouth’s libraries earmarked for closure, claims councillor
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The Bookseller: 30 August
British Library to investigate ‘single digital presence’ for public libraries
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Information Age: 30 August
UK public libraries to become a ‘single digital presence’?
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Midsomer Norton & Radstock Journal: 30 August
New Doctor’s Surgery decision faces delay
Decision on application for new Doctor’s Surgery, Children’s Centre, Library and Community Kitchen deferred by B&NES Council

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News and Views
August 29, 2017
Shields Gazette: 29 August
South Tyneside | Centre closing to allow for £3million transformation project
£3m revamp of a community centre to create a multi-purpose leisure facility incorporating a new library.
Huddersfield Examiner: 29 August
Calderdale | Elland Library set for huge revamp
Plans to redevelop three libraries to create ‘locality hubs’.
Devon Live: 29 August
New community hall, library, park and 175 new homes for Kingskerswell approved
Eastbourne Herald: 29 August
East Sussex | Parking wardens on the move?
Plans for parking services to relocate to the library.
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News and Views
August 28, 2017

Grimsby Telegraph: 28 August
NE Lancashire | Town mayor mucks in to mark start of Scartho Library extension following hike in popularity
Library run by charity gets extension to provide additional ‘activity space’
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/town-mayor-mucks-mark-start-380001
Sun FM: 28 August
Sunderland | New community library opens in Shiney Row
Shiney Advice and Resource Project (ShARP) runs from an existing community centre run by a Trust. Honesty system in place.
https://www.sun-fm.com/news/local/2365853/new-community-library-opens-in-shiney-row/
Manchester Evening News: 28 August
Rochdale | How libraries in one town are helping kids read and feed this summer
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-libraries-one-town-helping-13533790

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News and Views
August 27, 2017
The Guardian: 26 August
Blood, bookworms, bosoms and bottoms: the secret life of libraries
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/27/blood-bookworms-bosoms-and-bottoms-the-secret-life-of-libraries
Dorset Echo: 27 August
Friends of Weymouth Library (FOWL) has launched a new website to enhance their work
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/15490696.___We_needed_an_e_presence____Volunteers_launch_new_website_to_support_library/
Bath Chronicle: 27 August
LETTER: Let’s get my library figures in order
http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/news/bath-news/letter-lets-library-figures-order-381037
Weston & Somerset Mercury: 27 August
North Somerset | Date for new-look library to reopen announced
Yatton children’s centre will reopen as children’s centre and library. Plans to introduce self-service access.
http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/yatton-library-opening-times-revealed-1-5164505
Huddersfield Examiner: 27 August
Calderdale | Opening date set for new £9m Halifax central library
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/opening-date-set-new-9m-13533195
Coventry Telegraph: 27 August
Eight ways savvy parents can save money as kids go back to school
Includes advice to use school and local public libraries. It’s free!
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/eight-ways-savvy-parents-can-13513729

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News and Views
August 25, 2017

Chronicle Live: 25 August
Anger as multi-million-pound plans for three Northumberland leisure centres are shelved
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/anger-multi-million-pound-plans-13527211

Bucks Free Press: 25 August
35 children’s centres across Bucks face axe
Plans include delivering children’s services out of other venues such as libraries.
Harrogate Advertiser: 25 August
North Yorkshire | Austerity ‘challenges’ facing Harrogate libraries volunteers
Sunderland Echo: 25 August
New community library with ‘honesty policy’ opens

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News and Views
August 24, 2017
The Bookseller: 24 August
Library cuts planned in Wales and Lincolnshire
Scunthorpe Telegraph: 24 August
North Lincolnshire | £1m makeover set to give new lease of life to Scunthorpe Central Library
Maidenhead Advertiser: 24 August
Library staff assure residents there is privacy at new customer service desks

 

Hull Daily Mail: 24 August
Hull Central Library gets 3D printer and other hi-tech gadgets after £300k investment
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hull-central-library-gets-3d-363528
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News and Views
August 23, 2017

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Camborne Library to close on Friday for repair and refurbishment
First Cornwall library transferred to town council control closes for refurbishment with promises of becoming a ‘community hub’.
http://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/camborne-library-close-friday-repair-359706
North Somerset Times: 23 August
Refurbished library and children’s centre ready for grand opening
http://www.northsomersettimes.co.uk/news/refurbished-library-and-children-s-centre-ready-for-grand-opening-1-5160209
Get Surrey: 23 August
Walton library baby changing toilets an ‘in joke’ for parents unable to use staff-only facility
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/walton-library-baby-changing-toilets-13510956
Brent & Kilburn Times: 23 August
Brent | Five bright murals by Sudbury artist to brighten up Wembley Central
Murals commissioned via grant Friends of Barham Library who run a volunteer-led library in Wembley.
http://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/five-bright-murals-by-sudbury-artist-to-brighten-up-wembley-central-1-5160976

News and Views
August 22, 2017

Shropshire Star: 22 August
Powys County Council aims to halve cost of running libraries
 ‘community partnerships’ planned 
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/politics/2017/08/22/powys-county-council-aims-to-halve-cost-of-running-libraries/
Grimsby Telegraph: 22 August
NE Lincolnshire | ‘I don’t know what I’d do without it’ – Library users urge council to shelve closure plans
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/i-dont-know-what-id-358242

 

South Wales Argus: 22 August
Newport’s library opening hours are down
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/15488196.Newport__39_s_library_opening_hours_are_down/

 

Express & Star: 22 August
Plans for new bridge and ‘learning quarter’ in Wolverhampton city centre
A bridge linking Wolverhampton’s city-centre library with new college buildings could be built under plans for a ‘learning quarter’.
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2017/08/22/plans-for-new-bridge-and-learning-quarter-in-wolverhampton-city-centre/

 

Lincolnshire Today: 22 August
Upsurge in visits to Lincolnshire libraries
http://lincolnshiretoday.net/mag/upsurge-visits-lincolnshire-libraries/

 

Exmouth Journal: 22 August
Devon | New Topsham hub gets funding boost
£2million ‘hub’ is to be built by a charity on the site of the former library. 
http://www.exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/new-topsham-hub-gets-funding-boost-1-5158255

 

Arts Council England: 22 August
Podcast 2 | Supporting the value of libraries: Libraries as a social enabler
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/supporting-libraries/more-house-books

 

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News and Views
August 21, 2017
Helensburgh Advertiser: 21 August
Green light awaits for new ‘Live Argyll’ leisure trust
Operation of Helensburgh Library and other leisure and culture services in Argyll and Bute is set to transfer to a charitable trust, Live Argyll. 
Evening Express: 21 August
Aberdeen | Approval for plans to turn former Aberdeen pub into shop
Retail business to move into the pub while the construction of a new multi-million-pound community hub in Tillydrone takes place.  Once complete, the community facility will include a library, creche, IT area, cafe, retail space and a business start-up unit.
https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/approval-for-plans-to-turn-former-city-pub-into-shop/

The Bookseller: 21 August
ACE launches library podcast series
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/ace-launches-library-podcast-series-614876

Louth Leader: 21 August
Lincolnshire libraries receive 1.76 million visits since new partnership
http://www.louthleader.co.uk/news/lincolnshire-libraries-receive-1-76-million-visits-since-new-partnership-1-8113564

Grimsby Telegraph: 21 August
Council will consider plans to close North East Lincolnshire libraries one day a week
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/council-consider-plans-close-north-357450

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