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Libraries News Round-up: 11th April 2014

Don't Privatise Libraries : 11th April 346 staff cut from London libraries since 2011/12 http://dontprivatiselibraries.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/346-staff-cut-from-london-libraries.html Lincolnshire Echo : 11th April Sir Edward Leigh MP tells Lincolnshire CC to think again…

Libraries News Round-up: 10th April 2014

THE BOOKSELLER : 10th April Rosen warns new culture secretary on library 'crisis' http://www.thebookseller.com/news/rosen-warns-new-culture-secretary-library-crisis.html THE BOOKSELLER : 10th April Sheffield libraries could become wine bars The city council has revealed…

Libraries News Round-up: 9th April 2014

Michael Rosen : 9th April Open letter to Sajid Javid, the new Culture Minister Perhaps you know about the terrible crisis we have in libraries, depriving people of access to…

Libraries News Round-up: 8th April 2014

BBC News : 8th April Calls for volunteers to run Leicestershire libraries Residents in Leicestershire are being asked if they would consider running 36 libraries in the county. ... The…

Libraries News Round-up: 7th April 2014

TOMORROW on Twitter >Lincs library campaigners will be live-blogging from Downing Street and Westminster under the hashtag #Lobby4Libraries BBC News : 7th April More than books: How libraries are branching out to…

Libraries News Round-up: 5th April 2014

Local Government Lawyer : 3rd April Ministers unveil £410m transformation fund plus challenge panel The independent panel will advise “on what needs to happen both locally and nationally to increase…

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Libraries News Round-up: 4th April 2014

Public Libraries News : 3rd April Editorial | DCMS, Powys, Northern Ireland and a whole ton of maps A parliamentary question by Helen Goodman has revealed that libraries will received £93 million…

Libraries News Round-up: 3rd April 2014

BBC News : 3rd April Powys public libraries under threat in service review Powys council has launched a review of its library services in a bid to save £350,000 from…

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Resources

WHY LIBRARIES MATTER Guide to the benefits of libraries, backed by research and quotes. http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/the-story-so-far/reasons-for-public-libraries Fun resource by librarians and library users, dispelling myths such as 'libraries are boring/irrelevant'. http://readingagency.org.uk/news/blog/national-libraries-day-2014.html…

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Libraries News Round-up: 2nd April 2014

BBC News : 2nd April Council could close half of Devon's libraries The BBC has obtained a briefing paper listing 28 of the 50 public libraries in Devon where council…

Libraries News Round-up: 1st April 2014

Yorkshire Post : 1st April Could John Lewis be the key to the future of libraries? Two years ago, the library service took over a cafe in the city’s Rowntree…

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Libraries News Round-up: 31st March 2014

THE BOOKSELLER : 31st March A school library is an equaliser Anna James is The Bookseller's books and media editor http://www.thebookseller.com/blogs/school-library-equaliser.html THE BOOKSELLER : 31st March North Yorks school library…

Libraries News Round-up: 30th March 2014

Alan Gibbons Blog : 30th March Maria Miller: fit for purpose? It looks like we are going to wait in vain for her to apologise for the much more serious…

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Libraries News Round-up: 28th March 2014

ITV News : 28th March Children 'pay price' for austerity The Children's Commissioner for England, Maggie Atkinson, warns that the poorest families are being hit by welfare cuts and that…

Libraries News Round-up: 27th March 2014

Leicester Mercury : 27th March First Person: Volunteer-run libraries rarely sustainable http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Volunteer-run-libraries-rarely-sustainable/story-20857387-detail/story.html Basingstoke Gazette : 26th March No chance of saving Kingsclere library But there was fury when they learned…

Libraries News Round-up: 26th March 2014

THE BOOKSELLER : 26th March CILIP urges Cable to implement copyright reforms http://www.thebookseller.com/news/cilip-urges-cable-implement-copyright-reforms.html THE GUARDIAN : 26th March How US libraries are becoming community problem solvers I've followed conversations about…

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Libraries News Round-up: 25th March 2014

THE INDEPENDENT : 25th March Libraries and bookshops unite against twin threat of austerity and changing reading habits The Booksellers Association and The Society of Chief Librarians have held a…

24 Mar, 201409 Oct, 2020

Libraries News Round-up: 24th March 2014

DCMS : 24th March Library comparison reports published We have commissioned a comprehensive set of benchmarking reports, for a second year running, which are published today. Some LAs not listed https://www.gov.uk/government/news/library-comparison-reports-published …

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Libraries News Round-up: 23rd March 2014

Financial Times : 23rd March Libraries lend themselves to new business creation http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/82c28574-b102-11e3-9f6f-00144feab7de.html#axzz2wn841vlD BBC News : 23rd March Full judicial review into Lincolnshire's libraries' plan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-26705177 Mid-Sussex Times : 23rd…

22 Mar, 201409 Oct, 2020

Libraries News Round-up: 22nd March 2014

The Journal : 22nd March Newcastle libraries open again with help of partners Council leader Nick Forbes said: "We’re starting to get requests from other parts of the country to…

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