Libraries News Round-up: 18th December 2013

MickFortune.com : 18th December
Are Councils using framework agreements to destroy the UK Public Library Service – You decide.
http://www.mickfortune.com/WordPress/?p=1061

THE BOOKSELLER : 18th December
Major job cuts at Southend’s libraries
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/major-job-cuts-southends-libraries.html

The Echo : 18th December
Southend | 45% of library jobs axed
“It’s really going to impact on communities and it shows those libraries left, which are supposed to be run by volunteers, aren’t going to be supported.”
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/10882496.45__of_library_jobs_axed/?ref=nt

North Devon Journal : 18th December
Library spending down £3million in the last year
http://www.northdevonjournal.co.uk/Library-spending-3million-year/story-20336024-detail/story.html

Grimsby Telegraph : 18th December
North East Lincs | Michelle Hurst: Libraries – a thing of the past? 
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Michelle-Hurst-Libraries-thing-past/story-20336828-detail/story.html