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Libraries News Round-up: 19 March

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The Star : 19 March

How 500 volunteers are keeping Doncaster libraries afloat five years after communities took them over

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/how-500-volunteers-are-keeping-doncaster-libraries-afloat-five-years-after-communities-took-them-over-1-8446456

St Albans Review : 19 March

Herts | Two state-of-the-art libraries officially opened

http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/watford/15163448.Two_state_of_the_art_libraries_officially_opened/

Leigh Journal : 19 March

Wigan | Residents back plans to transform library services in Atherton and Leigh

http://www.leighjournal.co.uk/news/15163437.Residents_back_plans_to_transform_library_services_in_Atherton_and_Leigh/

Warrington Guardian : 19 March

Library working group faces ‘tough decisions’

http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/15165159.Library_working_group_faces__tough_decisions_/

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Philip C James 🕷️🕯️ @philipcjames ·

22 Mar

#PrivilegesCommittee was careful to praise the quality of Boris Johnson's #PartyGate defence dossier.

And so it should be, costing us British taxpayers more than £200,000 of our money (that's £1 for each Covid death on Sasha's watch).

#C4News #Newsnight
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/21/boris-johnson-lies-standards-committee-partygate?CMP=share_btn_tw

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21 Mar

Suffolk libraries have more research that shows libraries do so much for people's welfare that you can actually put a price tag on it: over £6 saved for every £1 spent. Not an argument one should have to use, but... read about it in TLC's latest magazine:
https://librarycampaign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TLC-104-FNAL.pdf

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Orkney Library @orkneylibrary ·

21 Mar

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Happy #WorldPoetryDay everyone.

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CLPE @clpe1 ·

15 Mar

Thank you to everyone who took part in our #TheBigAmazingPoetryProject survey in partnership with @MacmillanKidsUK

The findings show just how important poetry is for children.

Read the results of the survey here: http://ow.ly/2Ijz50NhGO5

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CILIP @cilipinfo ·

21 Mar

"[...] the funding did not make up for real terms cuts in local authority budgets and called for a more sustainable financial model for libraries."
Is the latest round of funding enough for the 27 libraries receiving a share of £4.9m from DCMS?
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https://www.thebookseller.com/news/dcms-announces-further-49m-for-27-library-services?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Morning%20Briefing

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