A digest of today’s news items, reproduced here, with kind permission from Shirley Burnham who collated it.  For up to date libraries news follow @ShirleyBurnham on Twitter.

There was no digest yesterday.

Sheffield Telegraph : 31st March
10,000-name petition triggers Debate on city libraries
A debate will be held next week on the future of Sheffield libraries after a petition with more than 10,000 names was handed in, objecting to any closures.
http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/10-000-name-petition-triggers-debate-on-city-libraries-1-5538520

Huddersfield Examiner : 30th March
Kirklees | Results of library review in Golcar, Marsden and Slaithwaite being considered
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2013/03/30/results-of-library-review-in-golcar-marsden-and-slaithwaite-being-considered-86081-33086240/

Broken Barnet Blogspot : 31st March
Where the bodies are buried: Robert Rams and Church End library 
http://wwwbrokenbarnet.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/where-bodies-are-buried-robert-rams-and.html

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Libraries News Round-up: 17 January 2018

The Guardian: 17 January London libraries assess impact of Carillion collapse https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/17/london-libraries-assess-impact-of-carillion-collapse Public Finance: 17 January Public sector looks for ways to plug gap left by Carillion http://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/2018/01/public-sector-looks-ways-plug-gap-left-carillion The Bookseller:…