Libraries News Round-up: 9 November 2016

PRIVATE EYE Issue 1431 "... replace them with glorified cupboards scattered across town." Library News (p.33) -- Warrington Yorkshire Post : 9th November Letter:  Sheffield | Sorry chapter in history of our vital libraries http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-letters-sorry-chapter-in-history-of-our-vital-libraries-1-8229608…
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Libraries News Round-up: 8 November 2016

Swindon Advertiser : 8th November Give us our say, say Park Library campaigners http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/14868940.Give_us_our_say__say_library_campaigners/ Swindon Advertiser : 7th November Swindon campaigners join thousands to save town's libraries http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/14846601.Swindon_campaigners_join_thousands_to_save_town__39_s_libraries/ Bolton News…
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Libraries News Round-up: 6 November 2016

ITV News : 5th November Swindon library campaigners join national demo excellent photographs http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2016-11-05/swindon-library-campaigners-join-national-demo/ BBC News : 6th November Lancashire County Council considers bids to run under-threat services http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-37861765 Tinder…
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Libraries News Round-up: 5 November 2016

THE GUARDIAN : 5th November Leading authors join protest march against cuts to cultural services https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/nov/05/leading-authors-join-protest-march-against-cuts-to-cultural-services BT.com : 5th November Authors join protest against library and museum cuts http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/campaigners-set-to-march-over-library-cuts-11364110683827 ITV…
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Libraries News Round-up: 4 November 2016

BIG ISSUE : 4th NovemberJohn Bird to speak at a mass rally in support of Libraries this weekend http://www.bigissue.com/the-mix/news/7099/john-bird-to-speak-at-a-mass-rally-in-support-of-libraries-this-weekend Blog Preston : 4th November Lancashire | Sale of libraries in Preston and South…
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Libraries News Round-up: 3 November 2016

Public Finance : 3rd November Time for some big thinking on community assets http://www.publicfinance.co.uk/opinion/2016/11/time-some-big-thinking-community-assets Research report: http://www.thepowertochange.org.uk/research/research-publications/ THE BOOKSELLER : 2nd November National Libraries Demo: authors & campaigners will 'fight tooth and…
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Libraries News Round-up: 2 November 2016

THE BOOKSELLER : 2nd November Vaizey criticises arts community for 'relentlessly left-wing groupthink' http://www.thebookseller.com/news/vaziey-hits-out-arts-community-relentlessly-left-wing-groupthink-425921 Newbury Today : 2nd November West Berkshire | Legality of library closures is 'irrelevant' http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/home/19709/legality-of-library-closures-is-irrelevant.html Sheffield…
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Libraries News Round-up: 1 November 2016

DAILY TELEGRAPH : 31st October British arts establishment is full of 'relentlessly left-wing groupthink', former culture minister says http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/31/british-arts-establishment-is-full-of-relentlessly-left-wing-gro/ a-n.co.uk : 1st November National demonstration against closure of libraries and museums…
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Libraries News Round-up: 31 October 2016

Chorley Guardian : 31st October Lancashire | Council budgets feel the squeeze but their top executives still take home healthy pay packets, including one who earns more than Theresa May http://www.chorley-guardian.co.uk/news/council-budgets-feel-the-squeeze-but-their-top-executives-still-take-home-healthy-pay-packets-including-one-who-earns-more-than-theresa-may-1-8209280 Lancashire Telegraph…
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Libraries News Round-up: 30 October 2016

Public Libraries News : 30th October Editorial | "Keep an open mind, be innovative, and keep smiling": an interview with Thomas Colloff  http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2016/10/keep-an-open-mind-be-innovative-and-keep-smiling-an-interview-with-thomas-colloff.html   2BR Radio : 30th October  First Lancashire building…
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Libraries News Round-up: 26 October

THE GUARDIAN : 26th October 'There’s nowhere else for children': Walsall locals react to library closure plans https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/26/theres-nowhere-else-for-children-walsall-locals-react-to-library-closure-plans Swindon Advertiser : 26th October Libraries campaigners to take their fight to…
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Libraries News Round-up: 25 October

THE BOOKSELLER : 25th October CILIP urges Westminster to rethink library cuts http://www.thebookseller.com/news/westminster-council-urged-re-think-library-cuts-416951 Sutton Coldfield Local : 25th October Birmingham | Deputy Leader Ian Ward to attend library closure public meeting http://suttoncoldfieldlocal.co.uk/library-closure-public-meeting-220432/…
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Libraries News Round-up: 24 October

THE GUARDIAN : 24th October Walsall council seeks to close all but one of its 16 libraries https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/24/walsall-council-seeks-residents-views-library-closures-new-art-gallery THE BOOKSELLER : 24th October Authors condemn plans to shut Hay-on-Wye library…
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Libraries News Round-up: 23 October

inews.co.uk : 23rd October British authors condemn ‘blasphemous’ library closure in Hay-on-Wye, ‘town of books’ https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/uk/exclusive-british-authors-condemn-blasphemous-library-closure-town-books/ Leon's Library Blog : 23rd October Parish Councils, Localism & Libraries https://leonslibraryblog.com/2016/10/23/parish-councils-localism-libraries/ Warrington Guardian :…
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Libraries News Round-up: 21 October

DCMS : 21st October Culture, Media and Sport Committee one-off evidence session on departmental priorities in this Parliament http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/culture-media-and-sport-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/work-of-dcms-inquiry-16-17 THE BOOKSELLER : 21st October Walsall plans to slash libraries from 16 to…
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Libraries News Round-up: 19 October 2016

Warrington Guardian : 18th October Emotions run high as 'exceptionally damaging' library closure proposals come before full council  http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/14808636.Emotions_run_high_as__exceptionally_damaging__library_closure_proposals_come_before_full_council/ Warrington Guardian : 19th October Stockton Heath parish councillors call for…
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Libraries News Round-up: 17 October 2016

THE BOOKSELLER : 17th October 'If we lose our celebrated bookshops and our libraries we will never improve our nation's literacy' by Baroness Gail Rebuck http://www.thebookseller.com/blogs/if-we-lose-our-celebrated-bookshops-and-our-libraries-we-will-never-improve-our-nations Clitheroe Advertiser : 17th…
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