Libraries news round-up: 29 May 2018
Radical Librarians Collective: 29 May Statement condemning SCL/ UKVI deal The News: 29 May Hampshire | Work due to start on Gosport Discovery Centre revamp Includes library Eastbourne Herald: 29 May…
Libraries news round-up: 28 May 2018
Daily Record: 28 May Delight for campaigners as libraries saved from closure
Libraries news round-up: 25 May 2018
East Lothian Courier: 25 May Petition launched over cuts to library hours Chronicle Live: 25 May Gym and cafe plan for Newcastle library to stave off closure threat Chronicle Live:…
Libraries news round-up: 24 May 2018
Ledbury Reporter: 24 May Herefordshire | Library and museum privatisation plan causes concern York Press: 24 May This is how much it will cost to repair York's libraries Derby Telegraph:…
Libraries news round-up: 23 May 2018
Warrington Guardian: 23 May Fresh hope for Bewsey and Dallam Hub – despite £1m shortfall to deliver it 'The hub – proposed to include a fitness suite, library, pool and…
Libraries news round-up: 22 May 2018
Daily Echo: 22 May Hampshire | Facelift is new chapter in future of town library Bath Echo: 22 May Bath & NE Somerset | Post Office set to reopen in…
Libraries news round-up: 21 May 2018
The Times: 21 May Library offers playbook for communities taking control 'The experience of volunteers in Kensal Rise has been repeated nationwide' 'Around the UK, communities are stepping in to…
Libraries news round-up: 20 May 2018
SCL: May 2018 New assisted digital contract for libraries 'SCL ( Society of Chief Librarians) has been awarded a sub contract for the delivery of digital biometric visa support services…
Libraries news round-up: 18 May 2018
The Guardian: 18 May Somerset | Tory council at risk of bankruptcy calls for funding system fix Somerset county to close two-thirds of Sure Start children’s centres and half of…
Libraries news round-up: 17 May 2018
York Press: 17 May More cafes planned for libraries Wales Online: 17 May Services have been 'cut to the bone' in Carmarthenshire, the council leader has claimed Reading Chronicle: 17…
Libraries news round-up: 16 May 2018
Stoke on Trent Live: 16 May Major £3.8m plan revealed to relocate library and children's centre into town hall - here's what it's going to look like Bude & Stratton Post:…
Libraries news round-up: 14 May 2018
Northampton Telegraph: 14 May Row over ‘sale’ of Irchester library Wales Online: 14 May Fears that jobs could be lost at Cardiff libraries following money saving overhaul Wakefield Express: 14 May Changes in…
Libraries news round-up: 13 May 2018
Burton Mail: 13 May Have your say over three South Derbyshire libraries which face being taken over by community groups Scunthorpe Telegraph: 12 May North Lincolnshire | Take a tour…
Libraries news round-up: 11 May 2018
Leicester Mercury: 11 May South Wigston Library to close as Leicestershire County Council 'community-run' deal The Lincolnite: 11 May Lincoln libraries closed until takeover Lincolnshire Live: 11 May Three Lincoln libraries…
Libraries news round-up: 10 May 2018
Scottish Book Trust: 7 May 5 Reasons Why We Need to Protect Local Libraries Eastbourne Herald: 10 May East Sussex libraries close their doors after long battle South Wales Argus:…
Libraries news round-up: 9 May 2018
The Telegraph: 9 May Rise of the unmanned library means elderly and children are shut out Shropshire Star: 9 May Police stations to relocate Inc. one relocating to a library Shropshire…
Libraries news round-up: 8 May 2018
Derby Telegraph: 8 May Keys of Sinfin Library handed over to community group West Somerset Free Press: 8 May Somerset | ‘Take out library books’ protest day Burnham & Highbridge Weekly News:…
Libraries news round-up: 6 May 2018
Wellington Weekly News: 6 May Somerset | Mass book withdrawal at Wiveliscombe Library http://www.wellington-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=108207 . Coventry Telegraph: 6 May Warwickshire | Falling library visitor numbers not helped by "Soviet-looking…
Libraries news round-up: 3 May 2018
Nothing in the Rulebook: 3 May Readers of the world, unite! Vote to save your public libraries Ayub Khan & Alan Wylie quoted. Speak Up for Libraries manifesto highlighted. …
Libraries News Round-up: 2 May 2018
Coventry Observer: 2 May Earlsdon Library under threat as board pulls out of formal takeover over council funding concerns https://coventryobserver.co.uk/news/earlsdon-library-under-threat-as-board-pulls-out-of-formal-takeover-over-council-funding-concerns/ . Somerset Live: 2 May Somerset libraries could be forced…