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Libraries News Round-up: 2 January 2018

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The Bookseller: 2 January

Leadsom vows to campaign for ‘sustainable future’ of libraries

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/andrea-leadsom-visits-brackley-library-698976

Banbury Guardian: 2 January

Northants | Nine-year-old shows MP ‘how great Brackley Library is’ as campaign against cutbacks continues

https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/nine-year-old-shows-mp-how-great-brackley-library-is-as-campaign-against-cutbacks-continues-1-8312148

Oxfordshire Guardian: 2 January

New chapter for history of Westgate library

http://www.oxfordshireguardian.co.uk/new-chapter-history-westgate-library/

Northamptonshire Telegraph: 2 January

Wollaston sculptor joins the fight to save libraries at risk of closure

https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/wollaston-sculptor-joins-the-fight-to-save-libraries-at-risk-of-closure-1-8309266

Libraries Taskforce

So – that was 2017….. a year in libraries

https://librariestaskforce.blog.gov.uk/2018/01/02/so-that-was-2017-a-year-in-libraries/

Image taken at event with storyteller John Kirk, at Wibsley Library in Bradford, West Yorkshire

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Northern leaders to put culture at centre of region’s post-pandemic recovery https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/19/northern-leaders-to-put-culture-at-centre-of-regions-post-pandemic-recovery?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_b-gdnnews&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1642552414

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Beyond relieved and pretty delighted that the hard work and grit of @SaveMaryhill campaigners has finally paid off but this cannot just be a quick fix or cover until just after the council elections. The fight for the future of our libraries must go on. https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/finding-work/latest-library-information

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Avatar Cllr Malcolm Cunning @Malcolm4Linn·

Only the dedication and perseverance of @CouperSave and similar groups across the City has achieved this outcome. The long term future is still in question and GCC and the Scot Gov have to provide the funding to protect our libraries.
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19856794.glasgow-life-reveal-opening-dates-five-libraries-including-maryhill-whiteinch/

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I can't believe we're back destroying Wirral's library service...again. We fought against it last time and won, come on Wirral start signing and marching!
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council: Save Bromborough Library https://chng.it/2pt5HJZj via @UKChange

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Today we're celebrating our brilliant Lifetime Achievement Award winner Raymond Briggs... it's his birthday! 🎈

Which of his books is your favourite? We think we might just have to go for Fungus the Bogeyman... https://www.booktrust.org.uk/booklists/r/raymond-briggs/

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