Libraries news round-up: 14 September 2018
BBC News: 14 September Newcastle councillor admits library consultation error
Libraries news round-up: 13 September 2018
Powys County Times: 13 September One-stop shop plan for those with questions of Social Services in Powys Warrington Guardian: 13 September Silence on LiveWire governance report 'unacceptable', says MP The…
Libraries news round-up: 12 September 2018
Northern Echo: 11 September Move to retain Darlington's Crown Street library endorsed by council leaders Northern Echo: 11 September Letters: Darlington library move debacle an inexcusable and expensive mess Chew…
Libraries news round-up: 10 September 2018
Northamptonshire Telegraph: 10 September Changes at Northamptonshire libraries despite review pause Northern Echo: 10 September Letters special: Darlington library move U-turn TES: 10 September 'Use inspectors to improve school libraries'…
Libraries news round-up: 9 September 2018
West Bridgford Wire: 9 September Notts library to close during school holidays The Shuttle: 9 September Worcestershire library book borrowing exceeds 1.5m this year
Libraries news round-up: 8 September 2018
BBC News: 8 September Children help shape "dynamic" national school library strategy STV News: 8 September Children help create new national library strategy Radio Borders: 8 September All Scottish pupils…
Libraries news round-up: 7 September 2018
Northern Echo: 7 September Letters: Common sense prevails over Darlington library move Northamptonshire Telegraph: 7 September Public meeting over launching community library group in Higham Ferrers
Libraries news round-up: 6 September 2018
The Guardian: 6 September Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell on why we need libraries – an essay in pictures Wisbach Standard: 6 September Computer charges in Cambridgeshire libraries sees people…
Libraries news round-up: 5 September 2018
Newbury Today: 5 September West Berkshire | Councillor says that libraries can be maintained despite £1.4m cost Brixton Buzz: 5 September Lambeth’s Libraries – What Future? Public meeting in Brixton,…
Libraries news round-up: 4 September 2018
Lynne News: 4 September Norfolk | Security guards brought in to make King's Lynn Library safer Northern Echo: 4 September Darlington Library: Your comments after council decides to keep facility…
Libraries news round-up: 3 September 2018
BBC News: 3 September Darlington Council considers U-turn over library closure Northern Echo: 3 September Darlington's Crown Street Library saved from closure Northern Echo: 3 September Comment: A welcome turnabout…
Libraries news round-up: 2 September 2018
Birmingham Live: 2 September The heartbreaking proof Birmingham's libraries are less popular than ever Huddersfield Examiner: 2 September Library usage is shrinking - this is what Kirklees Council plans to…
Libraries news round-up: 1 September 2018
BBC News: 1 September Newcastle | Residents worried by Fenham Library rehabilitation centre plan
Libraries news round-up: 31 August 2018
South Wales Argus: 31 August Libraries in Blaenau Gwent could be run with new approach Birmingham Post: 31 August Mobile library service to be axed in Solihull
Libraries news round-up: 30 August 2018
Chronicle Live: 30 August Newcastle | 'I won't take my kids there' - Residents fuming as library set to be drug and alcohol rehab centre Evening Telegraph: 30 August REVEALED:…
Libraries news round-up: 28 August 2018
The Star: 28 August “I dread to think what the future holds for Sheffield libraries” The Star: 28 August Sheffield | Your Say | Well done Lee Pearce (second letter…
Libraries news round-up: 26 August 2018
The Big Issue: 24 August Will landmark ruling rewrite the book on library closures? West Bridgford Wire: 26 August Broadmarsh could be the home for a new Central Library for…
Libraries news round-up: 24 August 2018
Northern Echo: 24 August Darlington library plans to be put before cabinet Daily Echo: 24 August New Mercury Library in Hamble nears completion Somerset County Gazette: 24 August Somerset's public…
Libraries news round-up: 22 August 2018
The Bookseller: 22 August Government slams CIPFA library data as 'flawed' and 'unusable' The Star: 22 August Sheffield | “The library has put the heart back into Greenhill” Bury Times:…
Libraries news round-up: 21 August 2018
The Star: 21 August Sheffield | The real library borrowing figures at voluntary libraries Doncaster Free Press: 21 August New £14m Doncaster library and museum gets green light but councillors…