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…
Libraries news round-up: 20 August 2018
Ipswich Star: 20 August Suffolk library chief reveals ideas to help boost visitor numbers Northamptonshire Telegraph: 20 August Don’t ‘read all about it’ at libraries facing yet more cuts
Libraries news round-up: 19 August 2018
Telegraph & Argus: 19 August Library service in Kirklees to undergo massive re-vamp
Libraries news round-up: 18 August 2018
Lancashire Telegraph: 18 August Another chapter for another Lancashire library Western Telegraph: 18 August Pembrokeshire | Library funded for a year
Libraries news round-up: 17 August 2018
Northamptonshire Telegraph: 17 August Campaigners and Northants County Council could end up back at court over library row Barnet Times: 17 August Barnet campaigner welcomes libraries ruling
Libraries news round-up: 16 August 2018
Arts Professional: 16 August Government to boost charities’ role in public services ‘The document highlights the growing number of libraries run by communities or employees. It says that the government…
Libraries news round-up: 15 August 2018
The Times: 15 August Girl halts bankrupt Northamptonshire council’s plan to close libraries Local Gov: 15 August Northamptonshire library closures ruled ‘unlawful’ Rights Info: 15 August Northamptonshire | Schoolgirl Wins…
Libraries news round-up: 14 August 2018
The Guardian: 14 August Family claims win in high court challenge to Northants library cuts New Statesman: 14 August Has a little girl from Northamptonshire just ended local government cuts?…
Libraries news round-up: 12 August 2018
The Metro: 12 August Libraries are more than just books – they are sacred spaces that need protection Midsomer Norton & Radstock Journal: 12 August Bath & NE Somerset |…