THE GUARDIAN : 22nd May
Council closed libraries to cut costs, then spent more to guard them
Lambeth
http://www.theguardian.com/
Leon’s Library Blog : 22nd May
Mythomania
https://leonslibraryblog.com/
BBC News : 21st May
Hundreds protest against Lewisham library cuts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Sevenoaks Chronicle : 21st May
Kent | Sevenoaks mobile library stop-offs halved – is your area affected?
More than half of the stops made by Kent CC’s Mobile Library Service in the Sevenoaks district are to be withdrawn as part of a cost-cutting drive.
http://www.sevenoakschronicle.
Fleetwood Today : 21st May
Lancashire | Council denies filming ban on protest videos at under-threat libraries
http://www.fleetwoodtoday.co.
EADT : 21st May
Suffolk | Library’s combined help desk to provide ‘better customer service’
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/
Public Libraries News : 19th May
Editorial | “Cameron can come to ours and assist those trying to get online”
http://www.
Newbury News : 20th May
West Berkshire | Council refuses to release library closure legal advice
http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/
Brighton & Hove Independent : 20th May
The next chapter of Hove Library saga
http://
Cambrian News : 20th May
‘U-turn’ sparks optimism over Llandysul Library’s future
staff redundancies
http://www.cambrian-news.co.
The Visitor : 20th May
Morecambe Library self-service plans are ‘bum deal’ for town
http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/
Brixton Buzz : 18th May
Lambeth Full Council meeting ends in farce as residents are prevented from having say over library closures
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/
Lichfield Mercury : 19th May
Lichfield Library and Friary debate at Staffordshire County Council today
http://www.lichfieldmercury.
Rossendale Free Press : 19th May
Lancashire | Rossendale council boss Alyson Barnes clashed with county hall leaders over library closures
http://www.
Get Reading : 19th May
Tell Bracknell council how it should run your libraries
http://www.getreading.co.uk/
Tell Bracknell council how it should run your libraries
http://www.getreading.co.uk/
UTV : 18th May
Anger over plans to cut NI library hours
http://www.u.tv/News/2016/05/
Blackpool Gazette : 18th May
Lancashire | Public inquiry threat over libraries axe
http://www.blackpoolgazette.
Blackpool Gazette : 18th May
Lancashire | Politically Correct by Howard Ballard
County Hall politics closed our libraries
http://www.blackpoolgazette.
Newbury Today : 18th May
West Berkshire | New funding fear over town library
Hungerford
http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/
THE GUARDIAN : 17th May
How do I join the Summer Reading Challenge 2016?
http://www.theguardian.com/
BBC News : 17th May
Libraries NI: Opening hours could be cut at 14 premises under plans
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Don’t Privatise Libraries : 17th May
‘Lewisham March For Libraries’ 21/5/16
http://dontprivatiselibraries.
Yorkshire Post : 17th May
East Riding of Yorkshire | Dozens of villages face losing mobile library under plans to make £1.2m savings
and people will have to jump through hoops to prove they qualify for the home library service
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.
Dorset Echo : 17th May
Dorset residents borrowing books from a library in Bristol? No problem
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/
Telegraph & Argus : 17th May
Vital public services now under one roof as new community hub opens in town’s library
Pudsey
http://www.
Southport Visitor : 16th May
Lancashire | ‘Our library is not just about books, it is a social necessity’
Burscough is one of three libraries in West Lancashire facing closure
http://www.southportvisiter.
THE BOOKSELLER : 16th May
Poet to petition Sadiq Khan over Library closures
http://www.thebookseller.com/
Leon’s Library Blog : 16th May
Libraries Deliver …. Social Justice?
An extract from the response by The Network to Libraries Deliver: Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016-2021
https://leonslibraryblog.com/
Express & Star : 16th May
Lib Dems and Labour on the verge of deal to take over Walsall Council
7 libraries will be reprieved
http://www.expressandstar.com/
Shropshire Star : 16th May
Spotlight to fall on Shrewsbury’s threatened services
http://www.shropshirestar.com/
Yorkshire Evening Post : 15th May
School libraries – the ‘real’ seats of learning
http://www.
Hereford Times : 14th May
Boost for Hereford Library as Cabinet backs re-opening plan
http://www.herefordtimes.com/
Fleetwood Today : 14th May
Lancashire | Video plea to save libraries
Plea from ex-library worker turned councillor
http://www.fleetwoodtoday.co.
Gazette Live: 14th May
Rallying call to save under threat Stockton library
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/
Herald Scotland : 14th May
Iconic American writer backs campaign to save library in North Lanarkshire
http://www.heraldscotland.com/
THE GUARDIAN : 13th May
Books are back. Only the technodazzled thought they would go away
http://www.theguardian.com/
Swindon Advertiser : 12th May
Councillor urged to back up her pre-election library promises
http://www.swindonadvertiser.
Make a difference
https://leonslibraryblog.com/
Northern Echo : 12th May
Friends group launched to save Darlington’s libraries
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.
Skegness Standard : 11th May
Lincolnshire | New-look Alford Library offers homely atmopshere
http://www.skegnessstandard.
Lytham St Anne’s Express : 12th May
Lancashire | MP condemns closure hit-list
http://www.
Lancashire | MP condemns closure hit-list
http://www.
Rossendale Free Press : 12th May
Lancashire | Campaigners pledge ‘tooth and nail’ fight against closure of our libraries
http://www.
Rossendale Free Press : 12th May
Lancashire | Campaign group launched to save Whitworth library from closure “travesty”
http://www.
Accrington Observer : 12th May
Three communities rally to fight library closure proposals
http://www.accringtonobserver.
Lytham St Annes Express : 12th May
Lancashire | Plea for library closures rethink
http://www.
Lancashire Evening Post : 11th May
Could Lancashire’s cuts hit libraries still be saved?
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/
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Southern Daily Echo : 11th May
Hampshire | Battle after Bursledon Parish Council barred from Lowford Community Centre
The future of the village library is now in doubt as it is run by the parish council and its army of library volunteers who have also been barred from using it.
http://m.dailyecho.co.uk/news/
The Visitor : 11th May
Lancashire | Morecambe Library to become ‘unstaffed’ under new plans
http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/
HU12 Online : 11th May
East Riding Council libraries service – £1.2m cuts concern
http://www.hu12online.net/
Tavistock Times Gazette : 11th May
Michael Morpurgo helps launch organisation to run Devon’s libraries
http://www.tavistock-today.co.
The Olive Fox : 11th May
Libraries, smartphones and stacked shelves
http://www.theolivefox.co.uk/
BBC News : 11th May
North Lanarkshire libraries to close after council cuts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Herald Scotland : 11th May
North Lanarkshire | Jobs to go as council announces closure of a dozen community facilities and libraries
http://www.heraldscotland.com/
Bexley Times : 11th May
Community-led libraries see success across Bexley
http://www.bexleytimes.co.uk/
Lancashire Evening Post : 9th May
County Council staff wait for jobs news as cuts row grows
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/
Lancashire Evening Post : 10th May
Letter | ‘Shameful legacy of closures’
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/
Chorley Guardian : 10th May
Shock as closure hit list is revealed
http://www.chorley-guardian.
Lytham St Annes Express : 10th May
MP’s anger at extent of cuts in South Fylde
Mark Menzies MP
http://www.
Yorkshire Coast Radio : 10th May
Proposal to Amalgamate Bridlington Libraries
http://www.
Hull Daily Mail : 10th May
Library hours to be cut
http://www.hulldailymail.co.
Lichfield Live : 10th May
Campaigners confident of forcing council to rethink plans for Lichfield Library
http://lichfieldlive.co.uk/
THE BOOKSELLER : 9th May
MP’s campaign against Lancashire library closures
http://www.thebookseller.com/
You Tube | Lancashire Headline News : 9th May
Campaigners disappointed at plans to close 29 Lancashire libraries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Lancashire Telegraph : 9th May
County Council boss accused of ‘dirty tricks’ after building closure plans announced
http://www.
Rossendale Free Press : 9th May
Lancashire | REVEALED: Three Valley libraries set for axe and two saved under cuts plans
http://www.
Champion Media : 9th May
Libraries under threat in West Lancashire are named
http://www.champnews.com/
Libraries under threat in West Lancashire are named
http://www.champnews.com/
Weston Mercury : 9th May
North Somerset | Petition launched to keep library open
http://www.thewestonmercury.
This Is Local London : 9th May
Enfield libraries closed for refurbishment in preparation to share space with local groups
http://m.thisislocallondon.co.
Bridlington Free Press : 9th May
Council to join Bridlington libraries
Bridlington is to be left with just one library if a range of cost-cutting measures across the East Riding of Yorkshire are approved.
http://www.
BBC News : 7th May
Lancashire libraries closure plan criticised by MP
Paul Maynard MP
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Lancaster & Morecambe Citizen : 8th May
Anger as county reveals libraries and childrens centres hit list
http://www.
Herefordshire Live : 6th May
Closed book: Hereford Library unlikely to open again until 2017
http://herefordshirelive.co.
Lancashire County Council : 6th May
Cabinet report outlines plans to transform services with fewer buildings needed
http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/
Clitheroe Advertiser : 6th May
REVEALED: Libraries and services proposed to shut by LCC
http://www.
Blog Preston : 6th May
Preston and South Ribble library and children’s centres closures revealed
Part of the county council’s plan includes introducing seven ‘satellite libraries’ which it says will be self-service kiosks.
http://www.blogpreston.co.uk/
Shropshire Star : 6th May
‘Catastrophe’ warning on impact of losing services in Oswestry
http://www.shropshirestar.com/
Sheffield Star : 5th May
Letter | We need the librarians
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/
Lytham St Annes Express : 5th May
Lancashire | Library plans out this week
http://www.
THE BOOKSELLER : 4th May
Stephen Fry: ‘Libraries save lives’
http://www.thebookseller.com/
Blackpool Gazette : 4th May
Libraries ‘will shut without change’
http://www.blackpoolgazette.
Local Government Lawyer
Combined authorities – accountability is key
http://www.
THE GUARDIAN : 3rd May
Library use falling sharply, study shows
http://www.theguardian.com/
London Evening Standard : 3rd May
Stephen Fry defends ‘life-saving’ libraries as closures and mergers gather pace
http://www.standard.co.uk/
Socialist Worker : 3rd May
Lambeth protesters won’t take Labour’s library sops
https://socialistworker.co.uk/
Shepton Mallet Journal : 3rd May
Somerset | Shepton Mallet Library could move and go self service
http://www.
Cornish Guardian : 2nd May
Cornwall’s libraries look set to stay open as talks continue about their future
http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/Cornwall-s-libraries-look-set-stay-open-talks/story-29211487-detail/story.html
Cornwall’s libraries look set to stay open as talks continue about their future
http://www.cornishguardian.co.
Inside Croydon : 2nd May
Crystal Palace campaigners reject library deal as a sop
https://insidecroydon.com/
Northern Echo : 2nd May
Darlington | Plans to save Crown Street Library are progressing, say campaigners
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.
Swindon Advertiser : 30th April
Letter: Services treated poorly
“the value libraries have”
http://www.swindonadvertiser.
Cumnock Chronicle : 1st May
Dumfries & Galloway | Three local services in Sanquhar will be combined
http://www.cumnockchronicle.
Torquay Herald Express : 30th April
Devon | Ashburton’s new Library at the Post Office has encouraged more young people to read
http://www.
Devon | Ashburton’s new Library at the Post Office has encouraged more young people to read
http://www.
Lichfield Mercury : 30th April
Staffordshire | 6,300 sign petition to force Lichfield Library debate
http://www.lichfieldmercury.
Staffordshire | 6,300 sign petition to force Lichfield Library debate
http://www.lichfieldmercury.
THE BOOKSELLER : 29th April
Library usage falls 14.3 percentage points since 2005 \
http://www.thebookseller.com/
Lancaster Guardian : 29th April
‘Ridiculous’ to axe library after £300,000 refurb
Bolton-le-Sands
http://www.lancasterguardian.
London Evening Standard : 29th April
Council accused over plans to lease Kensington’s oldest library to private school
http://www.standard.co.uk/
DCMS : April 2016
Taking Part focus on: libraries – Statistical Release
https://www.gov.uk/government/
Bristol 24/7 Radio : 28th April
Library assistants go on strike
http://www.bristol247.com/channel/news-comment/daily/politics/library-assistants-go-on-strike
Library assistants go on strike
http://www.bristol247.com/
Harrow Times : 28th April
Outgoing mayor says the voluntary sector is key to Harrow’s future
http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/
Brixton Buzz : 28th April
Another Lambeth Council library U-turn as Labour group agrees to keep librarians at Upper Norwood
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/
Public Library Association : 20th April
Cuts Too Deep? England’s Public Libraries in Trouble
http://publiclibrariesonline.
