Libraries News Round-up: 13th June 2014

BBC News Magazine : 13th June
A Point of View: What happens when a library falls silent
A L Kennedy is a writer and performer. Among her works is Day, which won the Costa Book of the Year in 2007
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27795832

THE BOOKSELLER : 12th June
The Bookseller’s Rising Stars 2014
Tom Roper is the only librarian selected for this year’s list of 42 Rising Stars published by The Bookseller in association with Frankfurter Buchmesse.
http://www.thebookseller.com/feature/booksellers-rising-stars-2014.html

Local Gov Lawyer : 12th June
Council to re-open library after claimant given permission for judicial review
http://www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18828%3Acouncil-to-re-open-library-after-claimant-given-permission-for-judicial-review&catid=56&Itemid=24

Save Lincolnshire Libraries : 13th June
Text of Mr Ronald V Edwards’s impassioned appeal for Nettleham Library
http://savelincslibraries.org.uk/2014/06/13/an-impassional-appeal-for-nettleham-library/

Leicester Mercury : 13th June
Campaign against Leicestershire County Council plan to get volunteers to run rural libraries
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Campaign-Leicestershire-County-Council-plan/story-21230614-detail/story.html