Libraries news round-up: 8 August 2018
Somerset Live: 7 August Success of Saltford's library and post office 'will be down to the community' Yellow Advertiser: 8 August Waltham Forest Council votes to sell historic Wood Street Library
Libraries news round-up: 6 August 2018
Dunbarton Reporter: 6 August Balloch library gets new make-over Cision PR Newswire: 6 August D-Tech International Installs Self-issue Units at Blackpool Libraries The Big Issue: 6 August Paul McNamee: Libraries…
Libraries news round-up: 5 August 2018
The Guardian: 5 August Libraries change lives. They should be protected at all costs Get West London: 5 August Ealing Council ordered to think again about plan to 'close' library…
Libraries news round-up: 2 August 2018
Sheffield Telegraph: 2 August Telegraph Voices: Are public libraries still relevant in our modern digital society? BBC News: 2 August Northamptonshire County Council: 'Radical' service cuts planned Northamptonshire Telegraph: 2…
Libraries news round-up: 1 August 2018
BBC News: 1 August Northamptonshire County Council: Protesters 'mourn' cuts to services Sky News: 1 August Fears cash-strapped Northamptonshire County Council may no longer afford services The Guardian: 1 August…
Libraries news round-up: 31 July 2018
BBC: 31 July Pupils unable to read is 'a scandal', says minister Grimsby Telegraph: 31 July North Lincolnshire | Work to begin on new £2m leisure, library and wellbeing hub…
Libraries news round-up: 30 July 2018
Redditch Standard: 30 July Worcestershire | Have your say as County Hall looks to make cutbacks in library services The Irish News: 30 July Linen Hall Library to close on…
Libraries news round-up: 28 July 2018
Northamptonshire Telegraph: 28 July Wait for outcome of High Court hearing over plans to close 21 libraries in Northants The Times: 28 July Don’t write off the power of libraries…
Libraries news round-up: 27 July 2018
Leon’s Library Blog: 27 July The Positive and Negative Impact of Using Volunteers in Public Libraries Daily Record: 27 July Elected members demand answers from council and Renfrewshire Leisure over…
Libraries news round-up: 26 July 2018
North Devon Gazette: 26 July Barnstaple Library provider defends claims service is ‘at breaking point’ Read the claims made by an ex-staff member in an open letter reproduced here in full. Northamptonshire…
Libraries news round-up: 25 July 2018
Barnet Times: 25 July Barnet children protest over libraries Northamptonshire Telegraph: 25 July Legal hearing over fate of 21 Northamptonshire libraries Harrow Times: 25 July North Harrow Library to reopen…
Libraries news round-up: 24 July 2018
The Bookseller: 24 July Forbes removes article suggesting Amazon should replace libraries Nick Poole, Dawn Finch, Ian Anstice and Tim Coates quoted. Ham & High: 24 July Families campaign outside…
Libraries news round-up: 23 July 2018
Evening Standard: 23 July Those long summers of learning and visiting the library have been shelved The Courier: 23 July Costs of upgrading Montrose Library exceed £1 million
Libraries news round-up: 21 July 2018
Ham & High: 21 July Barnet | Children and adults to issue plea to new DCMS secretary over library restrictions Morpeth Herald: 21 July Northumberland | Library decision ‘can’t be…
Libraries news round-up: 20 July 2018
Arts Professional: 20 July Cultural sector to ACE: we need support, not measurement Wales Online: 20 July Libraries, swimming pools and bus station all under threat as Bridgend council warns…
Libraries news round-up: 19 July 2018
Darlington & Stockton Times: 19 July Darlington's MP urges council to pause for thought over library plans Get Reading: 19 July Reading councillors keep Palmer Park library open on Saturdays…
Libraries news round-up: 18 July 2018
Stoke Sentinel: 18 July FOUR more Staffordshire libraries set to be transferred to community groups... is yours affected? Warrington Worldwide: 18 July Residents asked to donate £10 to keep library…
Libraries news round-up: 17 July 2018
The Bookseller: 17 July Libraries: talking stock Reading Chronicle: 17 July Reading Borough Council hopes to save more than £200k by cutting opening hours at six of the seven libraries…
Libraries news round-up: 16 July 2018
BBC News: 16 July Darlington Library campaigners lose court closure battle Northern Echo: !6 July Campaigners lose court battle to save Darlington's Crown Street Library Northamptonshire Telegraph: 16 July Meeting…
Libraries news round-up: 15 July 2018
The Courier: 14 July Fife | Volunteers start a new chapter in Pittenweem library’s story Falmouth Packet: 15 July Camborne Council moves into library