NEWS – The Library Campaign

19 Nov, 202319 Nov, 2023

SATURDAY 25 NOVEMBER – FOR ALL CARNEGIE LIBRARY LOVERS!

Love the libraries, love the buildings! Meet conservation architect Dr Oriel Prizeman from Cardiff University’s ‘Shelf-Life’ project on revitalising these stunning buildings.She will talk about their past, present and future: …

13 Nov, 202313 Nov, 2023

PUBLIC LIBRARIES NEWS IS BACK!

PUBLIC LIBRARIES NEWS IS BACK! Welcome back, PLN! If you are not a fan of this unique website, now is the time to become one - there's a permanent link…

21 Aug, 202314 Aug, 2023

Sanderson, so far… what we told her

Public libraries need lots of things. A new government strategy may not be the first that comes to mind. But the hope is that it will keep public libraries on…

10 Aug, 202310 Aug, 2023

The Value of Libraries

Libraries Connected East has conducted extensive research that happily reveals that England’s public libraries generate a value of £3.4 billion a year and we at The Library Campaign think that…

26 Jun, 202326 Jun, 2023

Lewisham – Save Grove Park Library

Grove Park Library is one that has been run by a social enterprise organisation for some years after Lewisham Council in South London decided they couldn't or wouldn't afford it.…

07 Apr, 202307 Apr, 2023

What do you think – twice!

If you have some thinking time over the weekend, the library world would like to know two things.First, what do you think of the very first beta version of the…

04 Mar, 202304 Mar, 2023

Unhappy in Redditch

As Tolstoy didn’t quite say: ‘All happy libraries are alike; each unhappy library is unhappy in its own way.’ So, when TLC compiles evidence for a consultation, we make sure…

02 Mar, 202302 Mar, 2023

25 MARCH, 2pm – BE THERE!

We’re having an OPEN MEETING for everyone interested in public libraries, whether or not they are Library Campaign members, at UNISON CENTRE, 130 EUSTON ROAD, LONDON, NW1 2AY.GUEST SPEAKER: Isobel…

29 Jan, 202329 Jan, 2023

GREAT RESOURCES FOR MARCH!

One of our gripes is that there are wonderful national "weeks" or "days" where Friends could lay on some exciting events - but details of available resources come out rather…

16 Jan, 202316 Jan, 2023

MAKE YOUR LIBRARY FAMOUS!

The project to give England's libraries a much-needed "digital presence" is gradually making progress. It now has a name - LibraryOn. We hope 2023 will show visible results. And you…

15 Dec, 202215 Dec, 2022

STOP PRESS! Awards for your library?

Late, but not too late? We apologise for being slow to realise that Friends groups can nominate their library services for a prestigious national award! But time is short...The Libraries…

05 Dec, 202205 Dec, 2022

UK – UKRAINE – WHY LIBRARIES MATTER

It’s seldom easy to get the mainstream press to cover library stories. The Guardian is better than most. And it has started off December with - we hope - a…

21 Nov, 202223 Nov, 2022

LIBRARIES PROVIDE A HAPPY ENDING…

In our spring magazine we reported on a rather mysterious nationwide project. The one thing we knew was that libraries would be involved. It had begun as Theresa May’s idea…

07 Nov, 202207 Nov, 2022

NOT NEW IS GOOD NEWS…

Sighs of relief all round this week when the government announced - it is not changing the libraries minister! It’s still Lord Parkinson. [Apologies to those who caught up with…

25 Oct, 202225 Oct, 2022

LIBRARIES REVIEW GETS GOING

Busy taking notes, here’s Baroness Sanderson on a fact-finding tour. She is, you’ll remember, chair of a panel working on “a new public libraries strategy”, as we reported on this…

14 Oct, 202211 Oct, 2022

RUGBY IN LIBRARIES? SURE!

A cultural festival to go with the Rugby League tournament? Why not?The ever-ingenious Libraries Connected is partnering with the confusingly-named Rugby League World Cup 2021 to deliver arts events as…

11 Oct, 202211 Oct, 2022

THURSDAY: MAKE HISTORY AT BETHNAL GREEN!

This Thursday, October 13, 4-5pm at Bethnal Green Library - all welcome. Make a (small) mark in history! The library service will be taking a photo of library lovers at…

30 Sep, 202230 Sep, 2022

HELLO, LIBRARIES WEEK!

It’s back - the annual celebration of all that libraries offer, run by librarians’ association CILIP. This time (3-9 October) the theme is lifelong learning. And that, says CILIP’s enterprising…

20 Sep, 202220 Sep, 2022

Guy Daines

The Library Campaign is very sad to report the death of Guy Daines. Most recently the Policy officer for CILIP, Guy was briefly the Campaign Secretary (before we were a…

05 Sep, 202205 Sep, 2022

SURPRISE! A NEW LIBRARY STRATEGY!

Well! There is to be ‘a new public libraries strategy due in 2023… to make sure [they] are providing the best possible service for their communities’.Whatever that means, it will…

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Category: NEWS

SATURDAY 25 NOVEMBER – FOR ALL CARNEGIE LIBRARY LOVERS!

PUBLIC LIBRARIES NEWS IS BACK!

Sanderson, so far… what we told her

The Value of Libraries

Lewisham – Save Grove Park Library

What do you think – twice!

Unhappy in Redditch

25 MARCH, 2pm – BE THERE!

GREAT RESOURCES FOR MARCH!

MAKE YOUR LIBRARY FAMOUS!

STOP PRESS! Awards for your library?

UK – UKRAINE – WHY LIBRARIES MATTER

LIBRARIES PROVIDE A HAPPY ENDING…

NOT NEW IS GOOD NEWS…

LIBRARIES REVIEW GETS GOING

RUGBY IN LIBRARIES? SURE!

THURSDAY: MAKE HISTORY AT BETHNAL GREEN!

HELLO, LIBRARIES WEEK!

Guy Daines

SURPRISE! A NEW LIBRARY STRATEGY!

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