Swindon Advertiser : 6th January
Fresh hope for future of threatened Walcot library
http://www.swindonadvertiser.
Morning Star Online : 6th January
Minister Called In Over Libraries Cull
http://www.morningstaronline.
Public Sector Executive : 6th January
Some libraries are better than others — Helen Milner
“At the end of October, I said something which shocked a few people”
http://www.
Libraries Taskforce : 6th January
Commissioning outcomes
by Sue Crowley, Strategic Manager of library services in Somerset
https://librariestaskforce.
South Wales Argus : 6th January
Library service cuts recommended by Torfaen council
http://www.southwalesargus.co.
Brent & Kilburn Times : 6th January
Pop-up library launches in Kilburn Station
We’ve put up a shelf and it’s been incredibly well received.
http://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/
Your Thurrock : 6th January
Arson attack on East Tilbury library
http://www.yourthurrock.com/
Burton Mail : 5th January
Leading Article | ‘We need to look after our libraries’
http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/
Lancashire Telegraph : 5th January
Fury over ‘duplicitous’ timing of Whalley Library sale announcement
http://www.
Hereford Times : 5th January
Hereford library to re-open
http://www.herefordtimes.com/
Libraries Taskforce : 4th January
Blog | A healthy, happy, connected community: it starts in the library — Janet Doran
https://librariestaskforce.
Lytham St Annes Express : 4th January
Government minister visits Lancashire following complaints about county council’s library closures
http://www.
Coventry Observer : 4th January
Unison calls for halt to Coventry council closure plan for libraries, youth clubs and children’s centres
https://coventryobserver.co.
Herts & Essex Observer : 4th January
Book spending by Essex Libraries halves in five years
http://www.
THE TIMES : 4th January
Letter | ‘Library innovation’
Investment in and modernisation of 17 libraries in Hillingdon
[behind the ££Paywall]
Warrington Guardian : 4th January
Politicians furious at plans to close library next to school without enough books
http://www.warringtonguardian.
Sutton Coldfield Local : 4th January
Labour and Lib Dems pulling together to save Sutton Coldfield Library
http://suttoncoldfieldlocal.
Free Press Series : 4th January
Councillors to consider proposed £250k cuts to Torfaen’s library service
http://www.freepressseries.co.
Somerset Live : 4th January
Bath and North East Somerset Council to ‘save’ £49 million by 2020 — 25 jobs in Libraries at risk
http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/
Craven Herald & Pioneer : 4th January
Lancashire | Earby Library to go up for sale
http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/
Lancashire Telegraph : 3rd December
‘I’m absolutely incandescent’ – Lancashire CC puts former libraries up for sale
http://www.
Public Libraries News : 2nd January
Editorial | Honours and the Year in Review
http://www.
THE TIMES : 3rd January
Letter | Noisy Libraries
“Books and quiet study spaces have no place in William Sieghart’s brave new library world”
Behind the ££Paywall
2BR Radio : 3rd January
Lancashire | Anger as Whalley library goes on the market
http://www.2br.co.uk/news/
Telegraph & Argus : 3rd January
Bradford | Army of volunteers make a success of community library
http://www.
THE TIMES : 2nd January
An extract : the full article is behind the paywall
Sell coffee to survive, libraries told
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/
Stoke Sentinel : 2nd January
Staffordshire | Silverdale Library relaunched as enterprise centre
http://www.stokesentinel.co.
Leon’s Library Blog : 31st December
Review of Public Libraries 2016
https://leonslibraryblog.com/
THE BOOKSELLER : 30th December
Beevor knighted in New Year’s Honours
Congratulations to library campaigner Desmond Clarke on receiving an MBE for services to the British Public Library Service and to Literature
http://www.thebookseller.com/
The Visitor : 30th December
Lancashire | Bolton-le-Sands Library goes up for sale
http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/
BBC News : 30th December
Six former libraries up for sale in Lancashire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Lancashire Evening Post : 30th December
Lancashire County Council is selling more libraries off
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/
DAILY MIRROR : 30th December
Cash-strapped councils are spending as little as 5p per person on library books
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/
aol.co.uk : 30th December
Library books expenditure by councils falls to as little as 5p per person
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/
Warrington Guardian : 30th December
‘I find it incredulous’ – executive board member responsible for libraries slams MP
http://www.warringtonguardian.
Skegness Standard : 30th December
Lincolnshire | New library set to open in Wainfleet
GLL “delighted”
http://www.skegnessstandard.
Penarth Times : 30th December
Recently established community library has £7000 annual budget for new books
Dinas Powys Library
http://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/
Yorkshire Evening Post : 29th December
‘Perfect storm’ for Leeds libraries as visitor numbers plummet
http://www.
Libraries Taskforce : 23rd December
Libraries Deliver: Ambition sector forums – more information on the workshops
https://librariestaskforce.
Warrington Guardian : 28th December
Deputy council leader sides with MP Helen Jones amid row over library closure proposals
http://www.warringtonguardian.
Borehamwood Times : 28th December
Barnet Council announced NW7 Hub and Kisharon among partners in major library services changes
http://www.borehamwoodtimes.
Blog Preston : 27th December
Lancashire | Historic book collections at the Harris at heart of lottery bid
http://www.blogpreston.co.uk/
Lancashire Telegraph : 26th December
JK Rowling, Danielle Steel and James Patterson books among 48,000 missing items from libraries
Cllr Gordon Birtwistle, leader of the Liberal Democrats on Burnley Council, said libraries could have been kept open if the books were brought back and fines paid off.
http://www.
Reading Chronicle : 25th December
Are you prepared to pay more council tax to keep West Berkshire libraries open?
http://www.readingchronicle.
The National : 24th December
Pat Kane: The legacy of our libraries is too precious to lose
http://www.thenational.scot/
THE GUARDIAN : 25th December
7 Letters : ‘Communities needing libraries as much as ever’
https://www.theguardian.com/
UNISON : 23rd December
Swindon library closures show consequences of squeezed council funds
https://southwest.unison.org.
Darlington & Stockton Times : 23rd December
Group dedicated to saving three libraries needs more than 100 volunteers to save the services from closure
http://www.
Craven Herald : 23rd December
Volunteers sought to keep Cross Hills Library open
http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/
Blog Preston : 23rd December
Fulwood library is on the market – and it’s not cheap!
http://www.blogpreston.co.uk/
Libraries Taskforce : 21st December
2016 report card – and looking forward to 2017 [Paul Blantern, Chair]
https://librariestaskforce.
THE GUARDIAN : 22nd December
Letter | Cuts to community assets take grim toll
https://www.theguardian.com/
THE GUARDIAN : 22nd December
Libraries are dying — but it’s not about the books [Simon Jenkins]
“Ailing libraries and churches should merge”
https://www.theguardian.com/
Left Lion : 22nd December
The truth about Nottingham Central Library’s Redevelopment
https://www.leftlion.co.uk/
Northern Echo : 22nd December
Durham | New relocated Newton Aycliffe library now open
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.
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Lancashire Eveing Post : 21st December
Fulwood library goes up for sale despite protests
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/
Warrington Guardian : 21st December
Letter | ‘My resolution’
http://www.warringtonguardian.
Barnet & Whetstone Press : 20th December
Council unveils four charities which will run libraries following service cuts
http://www.barnet-today.co.uk/
News & Star : 20th December
Cockermouth library campaigners refused consultation extension by Cumbria County Council
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/
Blackpool Gazette : 20th December
Lancashire | ‘Silence is deafening’ row in library axe controversy
Paul Maynard MP for Blackpool North and Cleveleys has written to Lancashire County Council boss, Jo Turton …
http://www.blackpoolgazette.
The Visitor : 20th December
Lancaster and Morecambe library staff told to re-apply for their jobs
http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/
Bath Chronicle : 20th December
Bath Central Library on the move in 2018 to make way for new modern library
http://www.bathchronicle.co.
Midsomer Norton, Radstock & District Journal
Bath & N E Somerset | Could this be the end of our traditional libraries?
http://www.mnrjournal.co.uk/
THE GUARDIAN : 19th December
Public library loans show dramatic fall in last two years
Almost 16m fewer books have been loaned in England and Wales since 2014, reinforcing a bleak picture of widespread budget cuts and branch closures.
https://www.theguardian.com/
Lancashire Telegraph : 19th December
Eight more libraries may be saved as part of cuts reversals
asset transfers
http://www.
Brent & Kilburn Times : 19th December
Wembley Library named as the third busiest in Britain
http://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/
THE GUARDIAN : 18th December
Parks, libraries, halls: cities pay price of austerity by selling their heritage
https://www.theguardian.com/
London Review of Books : 15th December
The Strange Death of Municipal England
Tom Crewe is an editor at the LRB
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n24/
Local Government Lawyer : 14th December
FOI should still apply when services are outsourced: Information Commissioner
http://www.
Dorset Echo : 17th December
Building disposals in bid to meet budget cuts
14 were libraries
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/
Warrington Guardian : 16th December
Helen Jones MP clashes with LiveWire boss over plans to close libraries
http://www.warringtonguardian.
THE INDEPENDENT : 15th December
Almost half of children leave primary school unable to read and write properly, performance tables reveal
http://www.independent.co.uk/
Chronicle Live : 14th December
Sunderland | …. Expenses, libraries and football pitches
2. 2017 is going to be another bad year for libraries
http://www.chroniclelive.co.
THE BOOKSELLER : 15th December
New analysis shows extent of England’s library book spend drop
http://www.thebookseller.com/
Public Libraries News : 14th December
Editorial | Reading, Feeding and staying open on Christmas Day: innovation continues
http://www.
THE BOOKSELLER : 13th December
‘Heartbreaking’ cuts to Swindon library service finalised
http://www.thebookseller.com/
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Swindon Advertiser : 13th December
Libraries proposal given the green light by committee – but only by one vote
http://www.swindonadvertiser.
Swindon Advertiser : 14th December
Ministers suggest libraries could stay
http://www.swindonadvertiser.
Newbury Weekly News : 14th December
Revealed: The cost of keeping libraries open
Find out how much each parish in West Berkshire is being asked to pay
http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/
THE GUARDIAN : 12th December
Library closures ‘will double unless immediate action is taken’
https://www.theguardian.com/
BBC News : 12th December
Lancashire County Council agrees to hand over three libraries
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Libraries Taskforce : 12th December
Yarm Library co-locates with Newcastle Building Society
Mark Freeman is Libraries and Heritage Services Manager for Stockton Borough Council
https://librariestaskforce.
The Star : 12th December
Sheffield Council facing ‘significant costs’ for planned library move
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/
Sheffield Council facing ‘significant costs’ for planned library move
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/
