Libraries News Round-up: 30 September 2016

Public Libraries News : 29th September
Editorial | Viciously reducing bookfunds
http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2016/09/viciously-reducing-bookfunds.html

ITV News : 30th September
Lancashire’s cash crisis – museums and libraries close
with Video report
http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2016-09-30/lancashires-cash-crisis-museums-and-libraries-close/

Blog Preston : 30th September
Lancashire | Video > Watch how this boy’s response to Fulwood library closure says it better than most
http://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2016/09/watch-how-this-boys-response-to-fulwood-library-closure-says-it-better-than-most/

Lancashire Evening Post : 30th September
Library closures not the end of the story, vow protesters
Six shut their doors for the last time tonight.  “Save Our Libraries” campaigners are pinning their hopes on government intervention.
http://www.lep.co.uk/whats-on/arts/library-closures-not-the-end-of-the-story-vow-protesters-1-8156097

SLIC : 29th September
Realising Ambition & Opportunity – One Year On
Scotland’s Libraries are Thriving in the 21st Century
http://scottishlibraries.org/realising-ambition-opportunity-one-year-on/

Leon’s Library Blog : 30th September
Cilip AGM 2016
https://leonslibraryblog.com/2016/09/30/cilip-agm-2016/

Leinster Express : 30th September
Ireland | Councillors vote no to staffless libraries in Laois
Councillors block government policy
http://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/home/217331/councillors-vote-no-to-staffless-libraries-in-laois.html