Political Economy Research Centre : 20th October
PERC Paper 11 – Public Libraries in the Age of Austerity: by Ian Anstice
http://www.perc.org.uk/
THE BOOKSELLER : 20th October
Nielsen highlights mid-teens reading dip
http://www.thebookseller.com/
BBC News : 20th October
Oxfordshire County Council proposes £50m cuts
Four mobile libraries could shut.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Oxford Times : 20th October
Oxfordshire Cuts
Proposed cuts include : £1,000,000 from closing mobile libraries, 6 library vehicles, reducing book fund and a reduction in library staff
http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/
Coventry Telegraph : 20th October
Earlsdon residents unite to in effort to save library from closure
http://www.coventrytelegraph.
Pirate FM : 20th October
The Future for Cornwall’s Libraries
http://www.piratefm.co.uk/
Loughborough Echo : 20th October
Leicestershire | New community-run Rothley Library opens
35 others “invited” to do likewise “or risk closure”
http://www.loughboroughecho.
Bexley Times : 20th October
Bexley and Bromley could share commissioning on libraries
Under the suggestion, the library services would join together, but with each council being able to specify specific requirements according to the borough’s priorities. A further decision will be taken in 2016.
http://www.bexleytimes.co.uk/
Shropshire Star : 20th October
Albrighton Parish Council set to aid library and pool
He said some necessary changes included moving the children’s section to the back of the library with parish council offices at the front.
http://www.shropshirestar.com/
