DAILY MIRROR : 6th May
Vital services could disappear if Tories win the general election warns top union
Cuts to public libraries and library staff feature
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/
THE GUARDIAN : 6th May
Manchester council bans homeless people from using library
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-
Spalding Voice : 5th May
Lincolnshire | Government may face legal action over library cuts
http://www.spaldingvoice.co.
Stoke Sentinel : 5th May
Staffordshire | Community groups urged to submit bids to take over libraries
http://www.stokesentinel.co.
Northern Echo : 4th May
North Yorkshire | Thousands protest over library cuts
in Bedale and “other towns”
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.
Public Libraries News : 4th May
Ed Vaizey agrees to defend his record … if he’s around long enough
http://www.
THE GUARDIAN : 1st May
Judy Blume makes plea to New York mayor for library funds
Ed Vaizey accepts a challenge from writer Alan Gibbons to debate the health of public libraries
http://www.theguardian.com/
Ludlow Advertiser : 4th May
Church Stretton Library campaigners to take legal action
http://www.ludlowadvertiser.
THE GUARDIAN : 1st May
Libraries: the inside story – books podcast
Alan Gibbons & Neil MacInnes in Manchester; Kate Mosse, Desmond Clarke & the economist Eamonn Butler in the studio.
http://www.theguardian.com/
Wales Online : 1st May
Cardiff library campaigners fear future being damaged by ‘behind the scenes process of service reduction’
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/
Public Libraries News : 1st May
Editorial | Alan Gibbons + Private Eye call Ed Vaizey out on figures, the SCL … and Obama cares
http://ift.tt/1DP0U3O
South Wales Evening Post : 1st May
Welsh Government plans to halve the number of councils dividing opinion
More rights for groups who want to help run or take over council services, for example libraries.
http://www.southwales-
Braintree & Witham Times : 1st May
Thurrock | Fast-track fears about library volunteers
http://m.
Harrow Times : 30th April
Campaigners ‘confident’ they can run North Harrow Library as success
http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/
Alan Gibbons Diary : 29th April
Open letter to Ed Vaizey- the riddle of the missing libraries
http://alangibbons.net/2015/
THE BOOKSELLER : 30th April
Publishers give $250m free e-books for Obama scheme
http://www.thebookseller.com/
The Conversation : 30th April
Britain’s libraries can’t face any more cuts after this election
Sally O’Reilly is Lecturer in Creative Writing at The Open University
http://theconversation.com/
St Helens Star : 30th April
Library jobs cut by almost a quarter
http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/
Keighley News : 30th April
Bradford | Silsden pensioner calls for more frequent visits by library service
Her visits were reduced last year as part of district-wide library cuts, which also saw the end of mobile libraries visiting Silsden.
http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/
Telegraph & Argus : 30th April
Kirklees | Under-threat library set to hold its first literature festival
http://www.
Scottish Gov : April 2015
Final Report | The Standing Literacy Commission on the Scottish Government’s Literacy Action Plan
multiple ‘libraries’ references
http://www.gov.scot/Resource/
THE BOOKSELLER : 29th April
Lincolnshire library campaigners urge minister to intervene
http://www.thebookseller.com/
PRIVATE EYE
Lie-Brary News (p.28) | Election Special
A statement by Ed Vaizey to Post-Lib is challenged
Available in newsagents
Don’t Privatise Libraries : 29th April
Official statement by Bromley Unite on the libraries strike
http://dontprivatiselibraries.
South Wales Echo : 29th April
Cardiff | Letter – Please preserve our treasured libraries
multiple signatories
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/
Save Lincolnshire Libraries : 28th April
Press Statement | All the reasons you should intervene …
Campaign Press Statement; Letter to Secretary of State, & links to the documents submitted
http://savelincslibraries.org.
THE BOOKSELLER : 24th April
Library supply chain under pressure
http://www.thebookseller.com/
Public Libraries News : 26th April
Editorial | When librarians should fear the quiet
http://www.
East Grinstead Courier : 26th April
Surrey | Lingfield library to lose paid staff in May?
http://m.eastgrinsteadcourier.
THE GUARDIAN : 25th April
Brent Central: Lib Dems, libraries and the Labour tide
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-
Wales Online : 24th April
Cardiff | Row breaks out over removal of books from Rhydypennau Library
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/
THE BOOKSELLER : 24th April
WBN authors defend libraries and teachers
http://www.thebookseller.com/
Coventry Observer : 24th April
Election hopefuls called on to pledge support for Coventry libraries
http://www.coventryobserver.
Birmingham Mail : 23rd April
Trojan horse one year on
Birmingham Education Partnership will “lean on the council to boost community facilities such as parks and libraries”http://www.birminghammail.co.
Exmouth Journal : 23rd April
Strong response to new library friends’ group in Budleigh Salterton
Includes info about Devon’s ‘mutual or trust’ plans
http://www.exmouthjournal.co.
DAILY TELEGRAPH : 22nd April
Halving opening times at Birmingham’s brilliant new library is madness
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
Peterborough Telegraph : 22nd April
Vivacity confirms no compulsory redundancies for Peterborough library staff
http://www.peterboroughtoday.
Bristol Post : 22nd April
Saving Wick Road Library
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/
Sheffield Telegraph : 22nd April
Objection to plans to knock down Sheffield library and rebuild it in new community hub
http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.
Spalding Guardian : 21st April
Lincolnshire | Stop digging a hole over the libraries plea
http://www.spaldingtoday.co.
THE BOOKSELLER : 20th April
Moran condemns ‘weepingly few books’ in local library
http://www.thebookseller.com/
Loughborough Echo : 20th April
Leicestershire | Library transfers are moving closer
http://www.loughboroughecho.
Brixton Buzz : 20th April
Saving Lambeth’s Minet Library – last meeting tonight (20th April)
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/
Public Libraries News: 19th April
“Getting rid of a member of your team”: a ten year old’s view on library cuts
http://www.
Leon’s Library Blog : 19th April
Access & Choice: the importance of libraries – by Barbara Band
http://leonslibraryblog.com/
South Wales Argus : 18th April
Blaenau Gwent’s libraries struggling to invest in staff and stock – Report
Staffing levels are “among the lowest in Wales”. The Aneurin Leisure Trust, which is in charge of Blaenau Gwent’s libraries, is currently meeting 6.5 of the nine Standards
http://www.southwalesargus.co.
BBC News : 17th April
Help for museum and library access in Wales
cerca £2.7m of Welsh government funding to help ensure they are accessible to all, particularly to those from more deprived areas
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
THE BOOKSELLER : 16th April
Labour slams coalition’s ‘legacy of boarded-up libraries’
http://www.thebookseller.com/
The Lincolnite : 16th April
Lincolnshire heritage sites included in libraries outsourcing contract
inc. libraries refs
http://thelincolnite.co.uk/
Hinckley Times : 16th April
Leicestershire | Library offload plans progress for villages
http://www.hinckleytimes.net/
News North Wales : 16th April
Petitions’ bid to save libraries in Flintshire
http://www.newsnorthwales.co.
Infotech Lead : 16th April
3M Library System expands into the UK and Australia
http://www.infotechlead.com/
PRIVATE EYE
Issue No. 1390
Library News | Library of Birmingham (p.29)
Leon’s Library Blog : 15th April
Exciting operating models!
A tweet by Paul Blantern evokes a response from Leon
http://leonslibraryblog.com/
Public Libraries News : 15th April
General Election 2015 : Statements from Conservatives, Greens, Labour & Lib Dems on libraries
http://www.
Public Libraries News : 14th April
Editorial |Party Manifestos: Tories mention libraries in 2 or 3 sentences, Labour and Greens not at all
http://www.
North London Today : 15th April
Enfield | Mobile libraries might face axe in round of funding cuts (and branches volunteer-run)
http://www.northlondon-today.
North London Today : 15th April
Student at forefront of battle to save Enfield libraries
http://www.northlondon-today.
Lincolnshire Echo : 15th April
Save Lincolnshire Libraries campaigners look at bringing fresh legal challenge
We are exploring not only action against Lincolnshire County Council but also against the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
http://www.lincolnshireecho.
Nottingham Post : 15th April
Strelley Road Library demolition imminent, paving the way for a £5m hub
http://www.nottinghampost.com/
Brixton Buzz : 15th April
Lambeth library service ranks lowest in independent survey
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/
London SE1 : 15th April
Big Borrow Protest at Waterloo Library as closure consultation nears end
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/
Huddersfield Examiner : 14th April
Kirklees | Friends of Heckmondwike library hand over 2,300 strong petition
http://www.examiner.co.uk/
Coleraine Times : 14th April
NI | Fears over proposed library cuts
http://www.colerainetimes.co.
Kent News : 13th April
Campaigners deliver library petition to County Hall
http://www.kentnews.co.uk/
Hexham Courant : 13th April
Mayor Fears for Hexham Library’s Future
http://www.hexhamcourant.co.
Times Series : 12th April
Protesters stage second protest march against Barnet Borough Council’s library cuts
http://www.times-series.co.uk/
Leicester Mercury : 12th April
19 communities on path to take over their libraries from County Hall
http://www.leicestermercury.
BBC News: 11th April
Lincolnshire County Council faces second judicial review
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Darlington & Stockton Times : 10th April
A pint and a paperback are order of the day at pub library
http://www.
THE GUARDIAN : 9th April
Unconnected and out of work: the vicious circle of having no internet
public libraries featured
http://www.theguardian.com/
Local Gov Lawyer : 8th April
County Council faces second judicial review challenge over libraries plan
http://localgovernmentlawyer.
Swindon Advertiser : 3rd April
Charity shop bid at Liden library in tatters
http://www.swindonadvertiser.
THE GUARDIAN : 9th April
Poorer children fall behind in literacy and earn less in later life, study says
no mention of public libraries
http://www.theguardian.com/
Techie News : 9th April
Campaign to End Loneliness | Study identifies need for loneliness ‘maps’
comment – Shirley Burnham
http://www.techienews.co.uk/
Executive Summary and Research Report : April 2015
Hidden Citizens: how can we identify loneliness in our communities?
http://www.
Harrow Times : 9th April
Letter | Community called to unite against closure of Harrow libraries
http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/
Local Guardian : 8th April
Labour MP calls for his party to reverse Upper Norwood library funding cut
http://m.yourlocalguardian.co.
Penarth Times : 8th April
Vale Council appeals for volunteers to run ‘community managed’ libraries
http://m.penarthtimes.co.uk/
Public Libraries News : 6th April
Editorial | Don’t look at the man behind the curtain
http://www.
ITV News : 7th April
Bromley council workers to strike over ‘mass privatisation’
http://www.itv.com/news/
Gazette Live : 7th April
Council to consult on the future of Middlesbrough libraries
Middlesbrough Council Executive recommends consultation which could see libraries take on public health and social outreach work
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/
Wales Online : 7th April
Blaenau Gwent library service ‘one of weakest in Wales,’ claims new report
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/
The Lincolnite : 6th April
Libraries campaigners seek second judicial review of Lincolnshire cuts
http://thelincolnite.co.uk/
Dawn Finch : 5th April
Libraries: The harsh truth about volunteers
Dawn Finch is Vice President of CILIP, a Library and Literacy consultant and children’s author
https://deefinch.wordpress.
