BBC One Midlands : 29th June
On iPlayer : BBC Sunday Politics Show 
Libraries > @ 47.12 mins in – & continues with Alan Gibbons’s interview @ 50.15 mins in
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b046v7xb/sunday-politics-west-midlands-29062014 …

CLIK : 29th June
Campaigning for Libraries in Kent
new  …. They are also on Twitter @clik_kent
http://clikent.wordpress.com/

Keith Parkins : 28th June
Volunteering no excuse for exploitation 
There is a world of difference between a community voluntarily getting together to carry out an activity of mutual benefit to the local community, to a rearguard action by a community to defend its assets against action by a repressive central authority.
https://medium.com/dark-mountain/volunteering-no-excuse-for-exploitation-6da7dd0b6dc

Lincolnshire Echo : 29th June
Library users concerned over disappearance of physical books despite rise in e-books in Lincolnshire 
http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Library-users-concerned-disappearance-physical/story-21295054-detail/story.html

Walsall Advertiser : 28th June
Walsall Council call for community to run public services amid £85m savings move
Cash-strapped Walsall Council are calling on communities to run parks, community buildings and libraries for them – as they face having to save millions of pounds.
http://www.walsalladvertiser.co.uk/Walsall-Council-community-run-public-services/story-21299261-detail/story.html

USA | Sun Times : 27th June
A computer for every student solves nothing 
Research > 
“The very tool designed to level the playing field is, in fact, un-leveling it”
http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/28344091-452/a-computer-for-every-student-solves-nothing.html#.U65OU0AUpNE

Kilburn Library

Tell Helen!

Helen Goodman MP became (Labour) Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport last autumn. She has now started consulting on public libraries. Unfortunately her questionnaire has been circulated only to library staff organisations…

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