A digest of today’s news items, reproduced here, with kind permission from Shirley Burnham, who collated it. For up to date libraries news follow @ShirleyBurnham on Twitter.
THE BOOKSELLER : 10th May
ACE’s Ashley: libraries ‘good at adapting’
http://www.thebookseller.com/
THE BOOKSELLER : 10th May
Eastell to be next SCL president
http://www.thebookseller.com/
Save Herefordshire’s Libraries
To Herefordshire Council
We call on Herefordshire Council to oppose the 75% cut to Herefordshire’s Library Service and the subsequent closure of all but one of the county’s Libraries. One library can not provide a comprehensive and efficient library service for all persons in the area that want to make use of it, as required by the Public Libraries and Museums Act.
http://you.38degrees.org.uk/
Public Libraries News : 9th May
“Fear of change”: William Sieghart interviewed
http://www.
Save Burnage Library | Manchester : 10th May
The Contemporary Doomsday Book is out
So the long awaited library consultation report to the neighbourhood scrutiny committee was published on Thursday. It is a mammoth 164 page document of 9MB in size, which is why I’ve been somewhat quiet. Unsurprisingly, I’ve been doing what all good library users do. I’ve been engrossed reading it before the weekend. For what it is worth, I am shocked at the poor quality of the analysis and together with the rest of the campaigns around Manchester, I am shocked at the rhetoric.
http://saveburnagelibrary.
Scilly Today : 9th May
Scilly’s New Library Gets First Public Viewing
http://www.scillytoday.com/
Burton Mail : 10th May
Staffordshire | Libraries offer online practice citizenship tests
http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/
