Libraries News Round-up: 20th August 2013
Sheffield Telegraph : 20th August Silence on future of Sheffield libraries In the council's response to The Star's (FoI) request - arriving six weeks after the 20-day deadline the council…
Libraries News Round-up: 19th August 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 19th August McKearney to step down at The Reading Agency "My passion and expertise is literacy, literature and libraries, so ..." https://www.thebookseller.com/news/mckearney-step-down-reading-agency.html The Lincolnite : 19th August…
Libraries News Round-up: 18th August 2013
Spalding Today : 18th August Groups offering to run libraries The council aims to save £2million by shifting libraries into the hands of volunteers and companies, but Coun Dilks says…
Libraries News Round-up: 17th August 2013
LGA | Free Libraries Leadership Seminar for new library portfolio holders 12 September 2013 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Local Government House, London (Librarians unrepresented) http://www.local.gov.uk/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=81e53d51-6e82-42b1-835d-3eb85b5453db&groupId=10171 Spalding Today : 17th August Letter…
Libraries News Round-up: 16th August 2013
CLOA : 16th August Yinnon Ezra, DCMS Specialist Advisor on Libraries blogs on making savings in public libraries http://blog.cloa.org.uk/2013/08/16/an-approach-to-making-savings-in-public-libraries/ THE BOOKSELLER : 16th August Protest mounts over Lincolnshire library closures…
Libraries News Round-up: 15th August 2013
Civil Society : 14th August Big Lottery Fund should fund council services, say Welsh local authorities http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/news/content/15881/big_should_fund_council_services_say_welsh_local_authorities The Enquirer : 15th August Outraged residents campaign against Southend library cuts "It…
Libraries News Round-up: 14th August 2013
This Is Bristol : 14th August Come and meet us Simon Cook invitation extended, to discuss concerns about Bristol Central Library http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Come-meet-Simon-Cook/story-19654159-detail/story.html Daily Echo : 14th August Southampton |Plea to…
Libraries News Round-up: 13th August 2013
The Lincolnite : 13th August Libraries are a cost-effective front door to council services http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2013/08/libraries-are-a-cost-effective-front-door-to-council-services/ This Is Lincolnshire : 13th August Campaigners wary of Lincolnshire Co-operative's olive branch for libraries…
Libraries News Round-up: 12th August 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 12th August 'Spiral of decline' for Anglesey's libraries http://www.thebookseller.com/news/spiral-decline-angleseys-libraries.html Public Libraries News : 11th August Editorial | Go in poor, leave feeling rich http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/08/go-in-poor-leave-feeling-rich.html This Is Lincolnshire…
Libraries News Round-up: 11th August 2013
York Press : 11th August Row over the future of York's libraries rumbles on "Labour have not explored other options to determine whether a social enterprise is the best choice…
Libraries News Round-up: 10th August 2013
Alan Gibbons Blog : 10th August Stand up for Southend Libraries Alan's summary, with photographs http://alangibbons.net/2013/08/stand-up-for-southend-libraries/ This Is Wiltshire : 10th August Swindon | Shop is a lifeline for the community Peter…
Libraries News Round-up: 9th August 2013
Public Libraries News : 8th August Editorial | "If the pie is too small, the answer is to make the pie bigger" http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/08/if-the-pie-is-too-small-the-answer-is-to-make-the-pie-bigger.html THE BOOKSELLER : 9th August Reading Agency to release…
Libraries News Round-up: 8th August 2013
This Is Derbyshire : 8th August More job losses are now feared at Derby City Council Job losses are "inevitable" and libraries and children's centres could be run by volunteers…
Libraries News Round-up: 7th August 2013
Louth Leader : 7th August Lincolnshire County Council accused of 'false economy' over proposed cuts to library services "I have a great deal of concern about the effects this will…
Libraries News Round-up: 6th August 2013
BBC News: 5th August Lincolnshire libraries face axe in £2m budget cut "If any community wants to set up a library in a village hall, we will help them stock…
Libraries News Round-up: 5th August 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 5th August Date set for National Libraries Day 2014 http://www.thebookseller.com/news/date-set-national-libraries-day-2014.html CILIP : 5th August National Libraries Day to take place on Saturday 8 February 2014 http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/news/national-libraries-day-take-place-saturday-8-february-2014
National Libraries Day is back on 8th February 2014 #NLD14
CILIP have announced that National Libraries Day will round off a week’s worth of celebrations in public, school, college, university, and workplace libraries on Saturday 8 February 2014. National Libraries…
Libraries News Round-up: 4th August 2013
Public Libraries News : 4th August CILIP's suggested new name revealed, the e-lending pilot takes shape … and the rest of the news http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/08/cilips-suggested-new-name-revealed-the-e-lending-pilot-takes-shape-and-the-rest-of-the-news.html Cumbernauld News : 4th August North…
Libraries News Round-up: 3rd August 2013
DAILY MAIL : 3rd August Librarian, 57, who stood up to a family of yobs was arrested and forced to wear 'degrading' hood by police Sussex, England http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2383863/Librarian-57-stood-family-yobs-arrested-forced-wear-degrading-hood-police.html Good Library…
Libraries News Round-up: 2nd August 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 2nd August Library e-lending pilots take shape https://www.thebookseller.com/news/library-e-lending-pilots-take-shape.html This Is Croydon Today : 2nd August Privatisation of Croydon libraries rubber-stamped http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/Privatisation-Croydon-libraries-rubber-stamped/story-19605296-detail/story.html#axzz2aq9wNJuR This Is Local London : 2nd…