Libraries News Round-up: 16 May 2016

THE BOOKSELLER : 16th May
Poet to petition Sadiq Khan over Library closures
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/poet-petition-sadiq-khan-over-library-closures-329815

Leon’s Library Blog : 16th May
Libraries Deliver …. Social Justice?
An extract from the response by The Network to Libraries Deliver: Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016-2021
https://leonslibraryblog.com/2016/05/16/libraries-deliver-social-justice/

Express & Star : 16th May
Lib Dems and Labour on the verge of deal to take over Walsall Council 
7 libraries will be reprieved
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-news/2016/05/16/lib-dems-and-labour-on-the-verge-of-deal-to-take-over-walsall-council/

Shropshire Star : 16th May
Spotlight to fall on Shrewsbury’s threatened services
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2016/05/16/spotlight-to-fall-on-shrewsburys-threatened-services/

Yorkshire Evening Post : 15th May
School libraries – the ‘real’ seats of learning
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/your-leeds/school-libraries-the-real-seats-of-learning-1-7912111

Hereford Times : 14th May
Boost for Hereford Library as Cabinet backs re-opening plan
http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/14493584.Boost_for_Hereford_Library_as_Cabinet_backs_re_opening_plan/