Libraries News Round-up: 1 August 2016

Derby Telegraph : 1st August
Petition launched to keep Allestree Library open
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/petition-launched-to-stop-proposed-changes-to-derby-s-libraries/story-29572522-detail/story.html

2BR News : 1st August
Calls to extend library and children centre consultation in Lancashire
The elderly excluded from consultations
http://www.2br.co.uk/news/local-news/2053860/calls-to-extend-library-and-children-centre-consultation-in-lancashire/

Penarth Times : 1st August
Vale of Glamorgan | Community group officially takes over running of Sully Library
Sully is the first of the five planned library handovers from council control
http://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/14654314.Community_group_officially_takes_over_running_of_Sully_Library/