Libraries News Round-up: 22 March 2016

THE BOOKSELLER : 22nd March
Authors to receive payouts following PLR miscalculation
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/plr-payout-264k-following-calculation-error-325139

THE GUARDIAN : 22nd March
Thousands of UK authors to get extra library payments after accounting error is discovered
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/22/thousands-uk-authors-library-payments-error

Croydon Advertiser: 22nd March
Councillors promise no library closures in Croydon as consultation over future of service begins
13 libraries
http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Councillors-promise-library-closures-Croydon/story-28970986-detail/story.html

Huddersfield Examiner : 22nd March
Kirklees | Twenty library staff leaving as shake-up begins but no compulsory redundancies
+ detail of closures & transfers to vol-run
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/twenty-library-staff-leaving-shake-11077544

Socialist Worker : 22nd March
Lambeth library staff strike  to stop Labour council’s cuts
https://socialistworker.co.uk/art/42405/Lambeth+library+staff+strike++to+stop+Labour+councils+cuts

Brixton Buzz : 22nd March
Cllr Scott Ainslie launches blistering attack on Lambeth’s plans ….
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2016/03/cllr-scott-ainslie-launches-blistering-attack-on-lambeths-plans-to-demolish-cressingham-and-decimate-library-services/

Isle of Wight County Press : 22nd March
Isle of Wight among the worst hit by cuts to ‘cultural’ services
http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/news/isle-of-wight-among-the-worst-hit-by-cuts-to-cultural-services-94373.aspx