A digest of today’s news items, reproduced here, with kind permission from Shirley Burnham, who collated it.  For up to date libraries news follow @ShirleyBurnham on Twitter.

The Library Campaign
AGM event, including Q&A with Brian Ashley, the new libraries director at ACE
2 – 4.30 pm, 29 June – London
http://www.librarycampaign.com/agm-event-including-qa-with-brian-ashley-the-new-libraries-director-at-ace/

Public Libraries News : 25th May
Editorial |The name is Library, Public Library
http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/05/the-name-is-library-public-library.html

Good Library Guide : 25th May
Ebooks in libraries for people with reading difficulties
http://www.goodlibraryguide.com/blog/archives/2013/05/ebooks_in_libra.html

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Libraries News Round-up: 27 February 2018

BBC News: 27 February Northamptonshire County Council plans to close 21 libraries http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-43214626 ITV News: 27 February £10m cuts plan to close libraries as Northamptonshire council hits 'crisis point' http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2018-02-27/10m-cuts-plan-to-close-libraries-as-northamptonshire-council-hits-crisis-point/…