Libraries News Round-up: 31st December 2013

Bristol Post :  31st December
2 Letters | It’s wrong to say libraries are just internet cafes
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Libraries-Wrong-say-internet-cafes/story-20382238-detail/story.html

BBC News : 30th December
Free school plan for Bristol Central Library challenged
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-25553178

Western Daily Press : 30th December
Libraries are clinging on amid cuts
Swindon, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Cornwall
http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Libraries-clinging-amid-cuts/story-20378891-detail/story.html

The Star : 31st December
Objectors urged to attend council meeting to discuss plans to close libraries in Sheffield
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/objectors-urged-to-attend-council-meeting-to-discuss-plans-to-close-libraries-in-sheffield-1-6344133

The Star : 31st December
Letter | Council denied campaign library meeting space
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/letters-opinion/council-denied-campaign-library-meeting-space-1-6343855

Don’t Privatise Libraries : 31st December
Libraries: Statement from Lambeth Unison
http://dontprivatiselibraries.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/statement-from-lambeth-unison.html

Don’t Privatise Libraries : 31st December
Lambeth Libraries and RFID (or is it?)
http://dontprivatiselibraries.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/lambeth-libraries-and-rfid-or-is-it.html