A digest of today's news items, reproduced here, with kind permission from Shirley Burnham who collated it. For up to date libraries news follow @ShirleyBurnham on Twitter. Northern Echo : 1st January…
A digest of today's news items, reproduced here, with kind permission from Shirley Burnham who collated it. For up to date libraries news follow @ShirleyBurnham on Twitter. Chronicle Live : 31st December…
A digest of today's news items, reproduced here, with kind permission from Shirley Burnham who collated it. For up to date libraries news follow @ShirleyBurnham on Twitter DAILY TELEGRAPH : 30th December…
Reproduced here, with kind permission from Shirley Burnham. For up to date libraries news follow @ShirleyBurnham on Twitter THE INDEPENDENT : 29th December L is for library http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/az-of-2013-the-independents-writers-predict-the-future-from-the-oscars-to-royal-baby-hype-8427548.html?origin=internalSearch News Republic : 28th…
Reproduced here, with kind permission of Shirley Burnham. For up to date libraries news follow @ShirleyBurnham on Twitter Bolton News : 28th December Big drop in lending after library axe…
For wonks, & actually for all of us, here's a treat... CIPFA Stats: Library Authority Profiles Reports comparing each of the 147 library authorities (out of 151authorities) that submitted a return.…
Senate House Library (University of London) will be hosting Library Camp London on Saturday 2nd March 2013. It will start at about 10:00am with session pitches for the day and is likely to…
In Wolverhampton the citywide campaign group Save Wolverhampton Libraries reports that they has been working away for months to save and protect their city's libraries. The Council will announce the future…
Southend is currently in the first phase of a full library review, which is being undertaken by a cross party group, and are trying to ensure full community involvement in the…
You can now bypass the big companies and buy e-books from Bilbary – which will give 50% of all profits to Kensal Rise Library, kept open by the local community. It gives access…
Rebecca M Jones is a freelance writer, currently researching the impact of public libraries on the causes and symptoms of poverty. She's keen to access wide-ranging insight into who uses…
Arts Council England (ACE) has opened applications to its £6 million Grants for the Arts libraries fund. Library authorities have to do the applying, & can get £1,000 to £100,000. NOTE: this…
A group of school librarians are planning to lobby parliament for school libraries to be made statutory. This protest is planned for 29th October, 2012, which is during school half…
The judicial review to save the six libraries proposed for closure by Brent was lost on Thursday 13 October 2011. Pending any appeal supporters at Kensal Rise have mounted a…
Change Is Overdue – a public charter for libraries The Charter has been drawn up by library campaigners including Tim Coates and Libraries For Life for Londoners, Alan Gibbons, Shirley…
Wirral inquiry – it's happened at last! A formal public inquiry into a local council's plans for drastic library closures. Local people – as often before – fought and fought.…
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