Libraries News Round-up: 26th August 2013

The Star : 26th August
Sheffield council faces challenge on library secret
“It is appalling Labour is keeping details in the public interest from public scrutiny.”
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/sheffield-council-faces-challenge-on-library-secret-1-5985903

This Is Grimsby : 26th August
‘I question that closing libraries is way forward’
leader of East Lindsey District Council has joined a list of prominent county politicians who have spoken out against library closure plans.http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/question-closing-libraries-way-forward/story-19709172-detail/story.html#axzz2d3v7BrZ1

The Lincolnite : 26th August
Are libraries a useful smokescreen for the bigger threats to come?
http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2013/08/are-libraries-producing-a-useful-smokescreen-for-the-bigger-threats-to-come/

Good Library Guide : 26th August
Chief Leisure Officer and the Chief Librarian
http://www.goodlibraryguide.com/blog/archives/2013/08/chief_leisure_o.html

Don’t Privatise Libraries : 26th August
The Gospel according to Mark Sesnan (GLL)  
“the ‘win–win’ not-for-profit relationship”
http://dontprivatiselibraries.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/the-gospel-according-to-mark-sesnan-gll.html