Libraries news round-up: 15th September 2014

Voices for the Library : 15th September
Response to the Rural Libraries Report
http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/2014/09/response-to-the-rural-libraries-report/


Public Libraries News : 15th September
Editorial | Big library trends: three tier services and Trusts
http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2014/09/big-library-trends-three-tier-services-and-trusts.html 


Lincolnshire Echo : 15th September
County council leader Martin Hill apologises over handling of library consultations
It comes after UKIP county councillors this afternoon pushed for his resignation and a public apology over the situation, revealing a motion due to go before Lincolnshire County Council on Friday, September 26.
http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/County-council-leader-Martin-Hill-apologises/story-22927978-detail/story.html 

Stamford Mercury : 15th September
Lincolnshire | Letter: Let’s see evidence of your ‘open mind’ 
Friends of Deeping Library, along with many other groups in Lincolnshire, were bullied into volunteering to run libraries by the threat of closure from Nick Worth and the Executive. We were not willing volunteers.
http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/opinion/letters/letter-let-s-see-evidence-of-your-open-mind-1-6299133


Solihull MBC 
New Shirley Library opens
http://www.solihull.gov.uk/news/ArtMID/820/ArticleID/318/New-Shirley-Library-opens 


Wales Online : 15th September
Welsh council workers stage mass lobby of the Assembly over job and budget cuts 
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/council-workers-mass-lobby-assembly-7769989