The Joint Unions (UNISON, GMB, UNITE) are holding an online meeting to discuss threats to libraries (known as Idea Stores) in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Their guest speakers…
Residents in Croydon love their libraries. The campaigns for individual libraries combined forces as Save Croydon Libraries campaign to fight the cuts more effectively in the past, and are already networking again. Friends…
It’s that time of year again… the always-awful national statistics collected by CIPFA (Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy). And as always, people are weighing in with their interpretations.…
There was a twitter of excitement when Rishi Sunak tweeted the word ‘libraries’ in his spending review news. Give him credit. It is, we think, unprecedented for a Chancellor to…
Dear Rishi Sunak The Library Campaign is asking you to pay local councils what is owed them for vital lockdown services, such as public libraries. As Chancellor, your first responsibility…
You are looking at The Library Campaign’s new website, launched on Thursday 19 November. We welcome comments and suggestions about the site and its content - we cannot promise to…
CILIP has issued a sharp call to the government to get its information act together. It also has strong words about government attitudes to education, and to public libraries. CILIP…
Perennial favourite The Secret Garden airs on Friday (23 October 2020) in cinemas and on Sky Cinema, starring Colin Firth and Julie Walters. It is also, of course, a great…
Got something to say about public libraries? Join Libraries Connectedonline session for library supporters and users on 21 August to explorewhat quality means for a modern library service. Book FREE…
Last week saw the first signs of a possible trend we all dread…1. Leeds City Council announced a financial hole “as severe as itgets”. If there is no relief the…
A company called DCA (Digital Content Associates), which exists to promote library usage, has issued a survey to ask about that is available in or through libraries during lockdown and…
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…
Libraries Connected has produced a toolkit for public libraries to sue when considering reopening after the coronavirus lockdown. Their Chief Executive describes what they have done here. At the time…
There is little chance that Boris Johnson’s government will do anything for libraries. The Institute for Fiscal Studies commented that his manifesto contained very little altogether, and would look thin even as a one-year…
Library association CILIP recently reminded us what the profession is all about. And why it matters. It sent a strongly-worded official complaint to the Tories after they disguised their own Twitterfeed as…
Predictably, libraries don't hit the headlines in any of the main English party manifestos. But the differences are interesting... The best-informed statement is from Labour - including a promise to restore national…
CILIP have snagged Bobby Seagull (formerly of University Challenge) to front their National Libraries Week campaign and he has devised a manifesto of stuff that he thinks are necessary for…
Just launched - a new resource for campaigners, formed by UK librarians' association CILIP and a USA librarians' resource called EveryLibrary. So - librarian-led, but potentially useful.EveryLibrary contacted The Library Campaign well…
Your library? Shut down.Youth club? Shut down.Refuge? Shelter? Park? Closed.Your high street? Shut down.Nightclub? Shut down.Music venue? What’s one of those? These are the opening lyrics – and libraries are…
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