THE GUARDIAN : 13th September
5 Letters | Children must learn to love reading … 
including letters from Michael Rosen and Shirley Burnham
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/sep/12/children-must-learn-to-love-reading 

Burton Mail : 13th September
Public force North-West Leicestershire library closure re-think
http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/Public-force-North-West-Leicestershire-library/story-22920154-detail/story.html 

Sheffield Telegraph : 13th September
Stannington library group announces building upkeep partnership
http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/stannington-library-group-announces-building-upkeep-partnership-1-6839222

Staffordshire Newsletter : 12th September
Public meeting called by Friends to save Penkridge Library from being downgraded
“As a ‘library local’, Penkridge would not be a staffed library, may have reduced opening hours and will not be led by trained library professionals, which we believe is unacceptable for a statutory service.”

http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/Public-meeting-called-Friends-save-Penkridge/story-22917061-detail/story.html

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Library News Round-up: 27 February 2015

THE INDEPENDENT : 27th FebruaryEssential reading for those destroying our librarieshttp://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/lets-face-it-our-free-museums-subsidise-tourists-10069808.htmlPublic Finance : 27th FebruaryMayor of Liverpool | Our finances are flashing red: local government must be funded properlyhttp://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2015/02/our-finances-are-flashing-red-local-government-must-be-funded-properly/LGA : 27th FebruaryBromley…