Birmingham Mail : 4th April
Library of Birmingham: 158 reasons people would volunteer to keep city landmark open longer
http://www.birminghammail.co.
Spenborough Guardian : 4th April
Kirklees | Heckmondwike Library friends group hands petition to councillor
http://www.
Steve Reed : 3rd April
A fair deal for Upper Norwood
http://www.steve4croydon.co.
Public Libraries News
Editorial | 2000 fewer libraries? Ed Vaizey again decides not to intervene
http://www.
This Is The West Country : 2nd April
More library changes as services in Cornwall could be privatised or merged with Devon
http://www.
Birmingham Mail : 2nd April
Shock at Library of Birmingham new opening times: Just SIX hours at weekends
http://www.birminghammail.co.
Lincolnshire County Council : 2nd April
Judicial review of libraries decision requested
http://www.lincolnshire.gov.
Liverpool Echo : 2nd April
Liverpool libraries will close by 2017 if Tories win election, says Joe Anderson
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.
Northern Echo : 2nd April
North Yorks | Petition to save Bedale Library
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.
Horncastle News : 2nd April
Lincs | Horncastle Library opening times extended but residents say it’s ‘not enough’
http://www.horncastlenews.co.
Midhurst & Petworth Observer : 2nd April
West Sussex | Midhurst library celebrates successful first year
http://www.
Southampton Daily Echo : 2nd April
Letter | Labour against literacy?
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/
Times Series : 1st April
Campaigners march through Barnet to protest over library cuts
http://www.times-series.co.uk/
PRIVATE EYE
Library News (p.27) – Barnet
available in newsagents today
Pedronicus : 1st April
The “future of libraries” and the black hole of “Library Leadership”
https://pedronicusuk.
BBC News : 1st April
Merthyr Tydfil leisure services handed to trust
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Croydon Guardian : 1st April
Letter | Library’s wheels falling off
http://www.croydonguardian.co.
Hull Daily Mail : 1st April
‘It must be profitable’: Hull Culture & Leisure company takes over services
http://www.hulldailymail.co.
Liverpool Echo : 31st March
Big Little Library officially opened by Lord Mayor
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.
Brixton Blog : 31st March
Lambeth | Anger at cultural cutback
http://www.brixtonblog.com/
Kent.gov : 31st March
Last chance to have a say on Kent CC’s libraries consultation
http://kccmediahub.net/last-
South Wales Argus : 31st March
Newport | Public consultation open on hours-cut proposal for saved Malpas library
http://www.southwalesargus.co.
Barnet & Whetstone Press: 30th March
Author’s plea to stop Barnet library cuts at demo
http://www.barnet-today.co.uk/
DCMS
NEW Letter : Ed Vaizey MP to Leader, LCC | Local inquiry into library provision in Lincolnshire
https://www.gov.uk/government/
THE BOOKSELLER : 30th March
Settle appointed c.e.o. of libraries task force
http://www.thebookseller.com/
THE BOOKSELLER : 30th March
Birmingham moots library cooperative model
http://www.thebookseller.com/
Hertfordshire Mercury : 30th March
Merger plans look healthy for Knebworth library and surgery
http://www.
Lincolnshire Echo : 29th March
Secretary of state has no plans for public inquiry into Lincolnshire library plans
http://www.lincolnshireecho.
Peterborough Today : 28th March
Vivacity respond over ‘voluntary’ Peterborough library job cuts
http://www.peterboroughtoday.
Kent Online : 24th March
Residents in Sandwich told a charitable trust would enable libraries to be “bespoke”
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/
Save Lincolnshire Libraries : 24th March
Lincolnshire County Council apologises to Pauline Palmer: “we have learned our lessons”
http://savelincslibraries.org.
Harrow Times : 24th March
‘Full steam ahead’ as campaigners prepare business plans for North Harrow library and Bob Lawrence library
http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/
CILIP : 23rd March
Great Expectations or Hard Times? The budget and what it means for the
Library, Knowledge and Information Sector
http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/
LGA : 23rd March
Press Release | Majority of council tax will soon be spent on social care
“… and just under 5p in every £1 will be left to fund all libraries, leisure centres, parks, museums and arts.”
http://www.local.gov.uk/web/
LGA : 23rd March
LGA names winners of digital fund
http://www.localgov.co.uk/LGA-
Local Gov Lawyer : 20th March
ICO calls for action to tackle “transparency gap” caused by outsourcing
http://localgovernmentlawyer.
THE BOOKSELLER : 23rd March
Desmond Clarke | Blog: The public side of public libraries
http://www.thebookseller.com/
Leon’s Library Blog : 22nd March
Damned if we do…
http://leonslibraryblog.com/
Bristol Post : 23rd March
Letter | Take on young as trainees in libraries
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/
Lincolnshire Echo : 23rd March
Internal Audit of the Libraries Project to be discussed by county council
http://www.lincolnshireecho.
Daily Echo : 23rd March
Council decision to spend £99,000 on heating system at Cobbett Road Library branded ‘shambolic’http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/
Coventry Telegraph : 23rd March
Leaked private letter from Coventry council boss casts doubt on future of Finham Library
http://www.coventrytelegraph.
The Cambridge Student : 21st March
Controversy over future of Cambridge Central Library
http://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/news/
Cambridge News : 21st March
Why there’s furore at Cambridge Central Library
http://www.cambridge-news.co.
London SE1 : 20th March
Lambeth | Waterloo Library: little enthusiasm for volunteer-run service
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/
TheJournal.ie : 20th March
Council libraries are using JobBridge for ‘free labour’, says Sinn Féin
Interns told “no chance of employment at the end of the program”
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/
Harrow Times : 20th March
Harrow Council pledge to work with community over Bob Lawrence, North Harrow,
Rayners Lane and Hatch End library options
http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/
Kingsbridge Today : 20th March
Devonshire | Library shake-up
http://www.kingsbridge-today.
Bristol Post : 20th March
Letter | Library consultation must be transparent
“evidence” demanded
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/
THE BOOKSELLER : 20th March
Sieghart reveals task force digital ambitions
http://www.thebookseller.com/
Your Thurrock : 20th March
Thurrock libraries: Read my lips: “Jobs will go”
http://www.yourthurrock.com/
Clacton & Frinton Gazette : 20th March
Thurrock libraries ‘still at risk’
http://www.
Bristol 24/7 : 19th March
Disappointment at Central Library decision
Fragmenting the Central Library’s service offer affects the whole network.
http://www.bristol247.com/
Peterborough Telegraph : 19th March
Fifteen voluntary redundancies expected across Peterborough’s libraries
The number of hours the libraries are staffed will reduce from 261 to 149.
http://www.peterboroughtoday.
Inside Croydon : 19th March
Library closure would be ‘disaster’ warns Norwood Society chairman
http://insidecroydon.com/2015/
THE BOOKSELLER : 19th March
Rakuten to buy OverDrive for £275m
http://www.thebookseller.com/
THE BOOKSELLER : 19th March
All libraries in England to get wi-fi funding
http://www.thebookseller.com/
Public Net : 18th March
Free Wi-fi for 57 Libraries in deprived areas
‘Barclays Digital Eagles’ will provide technical support at the new Wi-fi sites
http://www.publicnet.co.uk/
Harrow Times : 19th March
Letter | May 16th A black day for libraries
http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/
Harrow Times : 19th March
Meeting tonight to approve library closures
http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/
Brixton Blog : 19th March
Lambeth Culture 2020: do we feel consulted?
http://www.brixtonblog.com/
Hereford Times : 19th March
Letter | I’m paying more and more for less and less
http://www.herefordtimes.com/
News North Wales : 19th March
Community libraries in Flintshire facing transformation (closure)
http://www.newsnorthwales.co.
Bitterne Park Info : 18th March
Southampton | Audio: Huge support for libraries
and … “a surreal twist”
http://bitternepark.info/
ITV News : 18th March
Campaigners protest (today) against cuts to Southampton libraries
http://www.itv.com/news/
Daily Echo : 18th March
VIDEO and article | Protesters marching to save Southampton libraries
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/
PRIVATE EYE Issue No. 1388
Library News (p.30) – Abergavenny
available in newsagents
Leon’s Library Blog : 18th March
Reply from the Green Party
http://leonslibraryblog.com/
Cambridge News : 17th March
Enterprise centre plans for Cambridge Central Library approved
http://www.cambridge-news.co.
Northampton News : 18th March
Northamptonshire libraries chosen to pilot projects to launch a Business and IP Centre service
http://www.northampton-news-
The Conversation : 17th March
We need to remember that libraries are about books, not business
http://theconversation.com/we-
BBC News : 16th March
Plans to close seven Bristol libraries on hold
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Don’t Privatise Libraries : 17th March
Advocacy under austerity, Vaizey, Northamptonshire & donations and cynical electioneering http://dontprivatiselibraries.@
Don’t Privatise Libraries : 17th March
LSSI target Bakersfield raising a possible conflict of interest and Union concerns
http://dontprivatiselibraries.
Public Libraries News : 16th March
Editorial | Be the King of one thing, don’t Jack it all in: Lessons from Columbus, Ohio
http://www.
Altrincham Today : 17th March
Trafford Council receives “expressions of interest” in all three options for future of Hale Library
http://altrincham.today/2015/
Canterbury Times : 17th March
Hundreds sign libraries petition, says Herne Bay Labour group
http://www.canterburytimes.co.
Canterbury Times : 17th March
Faversham consultation: What you think about your library
http://www.canterburytimes.co.
Penarth Times : 17th March
The Vale | Book thrown at library changes
http://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/
THE BOOKSELLER : 16th March
Library task force starts work
http://www.thebookseller.com/
THE BOOKSELLER : 16th March
Editorial | Hearts and crimes
http://www.thebookseller.com/
THE BOOKSELLER : 16th March
Poole appointed as CILIP c.e.o
http://www.thebookseller.com/
Solihull News : 16th March
Fears for future of Dickens Heath library
http://www.solihullnews.net/
Cambridge News : 16th March
Cambridge Central Library could be home to £600k enterprise centre
The council would team up with private company Kora under the plans to “provide cutting edge business and learning services”
http://www.cambridge-news.co.
Bitterne Park Info : 16th March
Southampton | Ideas to keep libraries open ‘need proper council research’
“We want them to look at ways forward other than closure or community asset transfer”
http://bitternepark.info/
A meeting was held at Wick Road Library on Friday 13th March, to bring together members of wider Brislington Community to share their views on the proposed closure of Wick Road Library.
Bitterne Park Info : 13th March
Southampton | Protest to save city libraries on 18th March
All the details
http://www.bitternepark.info/
Daily Echo : 13th March
Southampton | Letter: Library services quietly being cut
“I have discovered a cut to library services which has occurred without any publicity”
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/
Spalding Guardian : 13th March
Lincolnshire | Downing Street bid to save Deepings Library
http://www.spaldingtoday.co.
Stoke Sentinel : 13th March
Will volunteer-run libraries survive?
http://www.stokesentinel.co.
Brixton Buzz : 13th March
Save Lambeth Libraries – campaigners pledge to keep up the fight
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/
Mirfield Reporter : 13th March
Kirklees | Fiery town council meeting
One such debate saw Coun David Pinder accused of inaction over Mirfield Library …
http://www.mirfieldreporter.
Bristol Post : 13th March
Two NEW Letters
The second in defence of Wick Road Library
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/
Barrhead News : 13th March
Shadow board selected to oversee East Renfrewshire’s Leisure Trust
http://www.barrheadnews.com/
LGA : 12th March
Pickles gives Enterprising Libraries a cash boost
http://www.localgov.co.uk/
THE BOOKSELLER : 12th March
Devon confirms mutual move for libraries
http://www.thebookseller.com/
Harrow Times : 12th March
Four libraries to close according to Harrow Council’s library strategy
http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/
Bristol Post : 12th March
Bristol’s deputy mayor calls for rethink of plan for library closures
Bristol campaigners on Twitter have responded that the stats published in this article are inaccurate.
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/
Cambrian News : 12th March
Concerns raised over cost-cutting closure threat to Harlech library
http://www.cambrian-news.co.
Wales Online : 12th March
Cardiff | After budget reprieve Rumney library could be set to move to new site
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/
Evening Times : 12th March
Review of Glasgow libraries launched
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/
Joseph Rowntree Foundation : March 2015
Report | Cost of the cuts: the impact on local government and poorer communities
Multiple references to Libraries, plus a specific section (p.57) : ‘Libraries and Leisure’
http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/
THE GUARDIAN : 11th March
Finchley: few seats can boast such stark differences in wealth
Libraries – a particularly hot topic in East Finchley, where the local library occupies an imposing Grade II-listed art deco building, which is a sacred monument to civic pride or an inefficient use of municipal resources, depending on your view.
http://www.theguardian.com/
Friends of Deeping Library : 11th March
Lincolnshire | John Hayes MP invites FoDL and Councillor Nick Worth to a meeting in Downing Street
http://us3.forward-to-friend1.
Coventry Telegraph : 11th March
Coventry library staff could be replaced by volunteers and new self-service technology
http://www.coventrytelegraph.
Bucks Free Press : 9th March
Library cuts ‘concerning’, says top (Tory) councillor Richard Scott
http://www.bucksfreepress.co.
Public Libraries News : 10th March
Editorial | Ed Vaizey: “there appear to be no grounds on which he would intervene in libraries ”
http://www.
DCMS : 9th March
Letter | Local Inquiry into Library Provision in Sheffield
https://drive.google.com/file/
Leon’s Library Blog : 9th March
Support Libraries, support public services
http://leonslibraryblog.com/
Ledbury Reporter : 10th March
New Library – Two weeks of celebrations to mark the opening of the Master’s House
http://www.ledburyreporter.co.
Stoke Sentinel : 10th March
Burslem Book Room is banking on being an inspiration
http://m.stokesentinel.co.uk/
Northern Echo : 10th March
North Yorkshire | Library in the ‘George and Dragon’ is in the true heart of village community
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.
Loughborough Echo : 10th March
Leicestershire | Rothley residents plan the library’s future
http://www.loughboroughecho.
Bristol Post: 10th March
Letter | Bristol libraries need to be saved
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/
Barry & District News : 10th March
Over 2,000 object to Vale library shake-up
http://www.
Good eReader : 9th March
Publisher Revenue Plummets as the Novelty of eBooks Wane
http://goodereader.com/blog/e-
Daily Record : 9th March
Teachers and parents outraged Scottish schools are spending just 70p a month per pupil on books
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/
Greenock Telegraph : 9th March
Inverclyde | Greenock author’s call to save school libraries from council cuts
http://www.greenocktelegraph.
Peterborough Today : 9th March
Culture trust Vivacity ‘disappointed’ as cuts are voted through
http://www.peterboroughtoday.
Bristol Post : 9th March
2 Letters – Libraries
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/
Hinckley Times : 8th March
Leicestershire | Villagers set to take over their library
“Groups must have a sound business case to back up their enthusiasm.”
There are 29 libraries in Leicestershire undergoing the same process.
http://www.hinckleytimes.net/
Bolton News : 8th March
‘Libraries are vital to this country,’ says award-winning crime writer during visit to Bolton
http://m.theboltonnews.co.uk/
BOOKTRUST : 6th March
Government funding cut for Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland government will no longer be funding the Bookstart programme.
http://www.booktrust.org.uk/
Don’t Privatise Libraries : 7th March
Barnet, Lambeth, Devon & Bryant.
http://dontprivatiselibraries.
Bristol Post : 7th March
Threat to close seven Bristol libraries is bonkers says one regular user
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/
Sunderland Echo : 7th March
New chapter for Sunderland library building
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/
Burton Mail : 7th March
Community groups for libraries in Leicestershire step up
http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/
Thurrock Gazette : 6th March
Job losses expected as part of library cuts
The authority are looking to “reduce staffing costs” at a number of the borough’s nine libraries by introducing more volunteer workers.
http://m.thurrockgazette.co.
