Harrogate News : 2nd December
Arts Council awards £100,000 to put artists into county libraries
http://www.harrogate-news.co.uk/2013/12/02/arts-council-awards-100000-put-artists-county-libraries/

Spalding Guardian : 2nd December
Library closures expected to be rubber stamped
http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/latest-news/library-closures-expected-to-be-rubber-stamped-1-5722539

THE GUARDIAN l 1st December
The Library: A World History by James WP Campbell and Will Pryce – review
It’s a strange world history of libraries, though, that doesn’t glance at the dismal goings-on elsewhere in Britain.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/01/library-world-history-campbell-pryce-review

Buxton Advertiser : 1st December
High Peak mobile libraries could face the axe
“To remove the mobile library service is to cut off an intellectual life-line, particularly for disabled people and the elderly.” – Berlie Doherty, resident & double Carnegie-Medal winner
http://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/high-peak-mobile-libraries-could-face-the-axe-1-6286480

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