Save Our Libraries Essex online public meeting
Save Our Libraries Essex (SOLE) has announced an online public meeting to be streamed live on Facebook as well as available on Zoom. It will be at 19:00 on Monday 8…
Petition to protect library services by ringfencing Government funding for libraries.
Libraries across the country are being closed, cut back and/or outsourced to volunteers as a result of government cuts to local authority budgets. Councils are unable to keep staffed library services open when…
More on saving Northamptonshire’s Libraries
The rally on 17 February (see below) was very successful and include a speaker from the Friends of Birmingham Libraries. The campaign in Northamptonshire goes on. Northamptonshire County Council has delayed…
Save Northamptonshire Libraries rally 17 February
A rally will be held on 17th February taking place in front of All Saints Church, Northampton between 12.00pm and 1.00pm. There will be a range of local speakers and some live music. The…
Developments in Darlington
Things are hotting up in Darlington. The local press reports that a town centre library is up for a change to become a community centre or be sold for redevelopment.…
George supports Carnegie library campaigners
George Hamerton, our junior reporter at the Speak Up for Libraries lobby, visited Carnegie Library in Herne Hill, Lambeth to lend his support. George reports, "On Wednesday 6th April, I…
Defiant Lambeth library campaigners now under siege
At the beginning of the third day of occupying Carnegie Library there had still been no communication with Lambeth elected representatives except to tell them to leave. Lambeth Council is…
Lambeth library campaigners stand firm…
Lambeth residents refused to leave Carnegie library, Herne Hill, Lambeth at 6pm 31st March when the library was due to close to be turned into a gym, with a much…
Bromley council ‘in dock’ over alleged victimisation of Unite branch secretary
A long-standing Unite branch secretary has been subject to an alleged sustained campaign of bullying and discrimination by Conservative-controlled Bromley council, says Unite, the country’s largest union. Papers were served…
Lambeth fights on – party and candle-lit vigil – 31 March 2016
4-6pm, celebration party at Carnegie - to mark determination to fight on.6pm til late - candle-lit vigil at Carnegie AND ALSO NEARBY MINETLIBRARY, also doomed to close from April 1.Lambeth…
Lambeth libraries: snatched from jaws of death – maybe
A thin hope - but a real one - for Lambeth's doomed libraries.Lambeth's awful library plans were officially 'called in' at a councilscrutiny cttee on Tues eve, Nov 10.This is…
The Library Campaign wishes Save Lincolnshire Libraries every success in the High Court on 21 & 22 July 2015
A reminder of Save Lincolnshire Libraries press statement about the hearing and potential Judicial Review that is starting tomorrow in the High Court. http://savelincslibraries.org.uk/2015/06/22/lincolnshire-county-council-library-plans-to-be-challenged-again-in-the-high-court/ Follow for updates: Official Hashtag #LibrariesHighCourt…
Help save Walkely Library in Sheffield – 38 Degrees petition
Sheffield City Council is rushing through the sale of the Walkley Carnegie Library without listening to the concerns of local people. They want to take the Grade II listed building from public hands and…
If you care about Shropshire libraries please get in touch…
A campaign to support and defend Shropshire’s public libraries is being launched. Committed and active library supporters from all over the county are urgently needed. Please email shroplibyes@gmail.com to register your support and…
Lincolnshire libraries – madness!
Laura Swaffield, Chair of The Library Campaign, writes, Nothing rational explains the decision by pig-headed Lincs County Council to destroy most of their library service - even though they don't…
Fight the stripping of the library counters in North Yorkshire
There is an ongoing Library Consultation in North Yorkshire, finishing on the 8th February 2015. John Dean, the contact person for ‘Save North Yorkshire Libraries’, asks any interested parties to act…
Take two minutes to make the minister mind!
Sheffield's libraries need your help. All they ask is a minute or two to send a letter to libraries minister Ed Vaizey in a last-ditch pleato make him intervene. They've even…
Libraries News Round-up: 8th August 2014
THE BOOKSELLER : 8th AugustLiverpool, Glamorgan and Islington face library cutshttp://www.thebookseller.com/news/liverpool-glamorgan-and-islington-face-library-cuts.htmlITV News : 8th AugustLibraries at risk of closure in Liverpool funding reviewhttp://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2014-08-08/libraries-at-risk-of-closure-in-liverpool-funding-review/Liverpool Echo : 8th AugustJade Wright: We must…
Saving Stony Stratford Library
Some time ago the Friends of Stony Stratford Library (FOSSL) ran a very successful campaign, called 'Wot No Books', to save their local library, which was threatened with closure. As…
Ode to Libraries
Ode to Libraries Making Waves choir sing their protest at the savage cuts to public libraries, written for the National Libraries Day February 2013, first performed at Newbiggin Hall Library…